Last year’s economics Nobelist, Claudia Goldin, wrote an influential article in 1998 on the rise of high school in the United States. In 1900, about 10 percent of Americans of proper age attended high ...

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 ...

The Great Recession from 2007-09 saw GDP fall 4.3%, the biggest drop since the Great Depression. Deregulation in the 2000s and excessive risk by banks were major causes of the financial crisis.

The United States experienced a Great Depression during the 1930s causing one-quarter of its workforce to be unemployed. Although not formally recognized, a growing body of survey evidence indicates ...

U.S. stocks have been fairly battered by recent events, particularly in response to evolving tariff news. On April 2, President Donald Trump announced potentially draconian tariffs on the U.S.'s major ...

President Donald Trump has once again caused a social media firestorm. After much speculation, on Wednesday (April 2) Trump announced a 10 percent tariff on all imported goods that will go into effect ...