"Basic Economics" is a 653-page book, not including the index. One doesn't have to start reading it at the beginning. Near the book's end, there's a section titled "Questions," and it points the ...

Paul Solman: I’ve done numerous interviews with Paul Samuelson over the years. Invariably, he was funny, imaginative and deep. Particularly memorable was a long session on the basics of economics ...

From booms and busts to wealth and poverty, economics helps us to understand the material well-being of society. Its impact can be felt in almost every sphere of daily life, from the pound in your ...

Could you answer the following three questions for your next project? What will it cost? What is it worth? Will it earn sufficient profit? Before undertaking any project, these questions should be ...

To view courses offered by semester go to the on-line schedule, descriptions of all economics courses are available through the Catalog. The Open Course List shows which courses still have open seats.

Behavioral economics uses an understanding of human psychology to account for why people deviate from rational action when they’re making decisions. In the model of rational action assumed by ...