Money shapes every aspect of modern life, but its journey from ancient commodities to digital currency spans thousands of ...

By learning how societies navigated past downturns, students build empathy, critical thinking and resistance to simplistic ...

Andrew Leigh’s The Shortest History of Economics is the latest in a series of such histories, mostly focused on particular countries. It begins with a striking mini-history of household lighting, ...

Since 2015, American politics has been riven by deep splits over economic policy. The tilt toward free markets that began in the mid-1970s and lasted roughly until the election of Barack Obama is a ...

President Trump's new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China have unsettled both domestic and international markets, concerning investors and manufacturers. This emerging global trade war has raised ...

A version of this study was originally published on June 10. We previously used the term “racial conspiracy theories” as an editorial shorthand to describe a complex and mixed set of findings. By ...