If there is one consistent theme in President Trump’s economic philosophy, it is that trade deficits are bad for the country and must be eliminated. This is the principal motivation for his recent ...

Every year, around 400 undergraduates sign up for the introductory course Econ 0110: “Principles of Economics.” Nearly four out of every five students in the current iteration of this course are first ...

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Economics has always had something of a problem defining itself. One economist, Jacob Viner, even offered the explanation that, “Economics is what economists do.” Viner’s smarty-pants explanation was ...

Question: How do you approach teaching microeconomics? Answer: Supply and demand are at the heart of how market economies work. When teaching microeconomics to introductory students, it is important ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Students in a Purdue University agricultural economics course are learning about dollars and cents in a language they understand: the language of love. A textbook written by ...