Many think there’s something wrong or immoral about subjective value. Economists know better, and it’s good to know some ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Alex Mayyasi, the author of Planet Money's new book, "Planet Money: A Guide to the Economic Forces That Shape Your Life." ...

Economists say Americans should expect elevated prices at the pump and rising grocery costs in the months to come.

Economics has its own four-letter words. Although they are not obscene, socialists and statists would find them so.

The issue is about piracy, but the inference remains unclear. Since the dawn of the digital era, publishers have shortened the internal shelf-life of a book. There was a time when the ‘long tail’ ...

Kandy, Sri Lanka – On a sunny March day in the hill city of Kandy in central Sri Lanka, Keerthi Rathna waited in a serpentine queue to buy his share of petrol for his three-wheeler tuk-tuk. The ...

China set its lowest annual growth target in decades on Thursday, at 4.5-5 percent, as the government outlined plans to tackle sluggish consumption and a flagging property market. Beijing also used ...

Early 2026 data have painted an economy on steady footing at the start of the year—but with risks from stubborn inflation, a job market that has slowed and heightened uncertainty about economic policy ...

U.S. economic activity increased at a "slight to moderate" pace in seven of the Federal Reserve's 12 districts, with the remaining five observing flat or declining activity, according to the Federal ...

China’s economy has held up remarkably well against shocks like U.S. tariffs but continued resilience will need consumption to drive growth, rather than external demand, according to a report by the ...