Is Trump's economy the greatest ever? We analyze GDP, jobs, stocks, and deficits to separate campaign claims from economic ...

President Trump said in the debate he oversaw the greatest economy in history. The economy was very strong prior to the pandemic, but the data doesn’t back up the notion it was the greatest ever.

Many people are worried the country is headed toward a recession, or may already be in one. While not all recessions are created equal, economists say we can learn lessons from our past. CBS News ...

The book that I want someone to write would be an economic history of higher education. If we can understand the long-running economic structures that have driven the growth and development of the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Roger Huang writes about Bitcoin and its wider impact on society. With attention now being focused on El Salvador for it being the ...

President-elect Trump will enter office with the lowest unemployment rate since Richard Nixon in 1969 - but red flags remain The U.S. labor market heated up in December, adding more jobs than expected ...

Institutions and social norms have contributed to the creation of a segmented economy. From the beginning of our nation’s history our laws, institutions and social norms have contributed to the ...

"The new normal" has become part of our lexicon this year, in all areas of life. Will it become "normal" to wear masks during flu season? Will companies determine that workers are just as productive ...

• While unemployment was near historical lows under Trump, growth in gross domestic product was well below what previous presidents achieved, and other metrics such as wages and business investment ...

Women and people of color are notoriously underrepresented in economics. Only 14% of full professors are women, and one survey found only 1.6% Black faculty in the economics departments of the 30 ...

Since Tuesday’s big Democratic electoral victories, I’ve been seeing some speculation to the effect that the 2024 election may be marked by a reverse coattail effect: that President Biden, whose poll ...

Until very recently, Donald Trump was fond of proclaiming that his reelection would be a boon to the U.S. economy and the stock market. If Democrat Joe Biden were to be elected president, he told ...