Critical Economic Theory is not a new concept. Like critical race theory (which is seen through a more controversial lens), CET seeks to examine and understand how systemic economics is ingrained in ...

Economics is a branch of social science focused on the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.

It is easy to take potshots at the field of economics today, whether motivated by the financial crisis or the fact that Nobel laureates, such as economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, ...

The economy's supply side first gained attention when Adam Smith published "Wealth of Nations" in 1776. The supply side handles mobilization of resources to supply goods and services. The theory ...

When millions of homes and thousands of businesses lose access to electricity, it becomes obvious that energy is critical to the economy. We understandably focus on the crisis at hand. However, there ...

Editor’s Note: This is Part 1 of a two-part series on how mistaken assumptions by top U.S. policymakers have worsened the financial crisis. It has been three years since the worst financial collapse ...

At the end of his time in office, Barack Obama famously compared the presidency to an ocean liner. "Sometimes the task of government is to make incremental improvements or try to steer the ocean liner ...

With every new administration there are hopes on the part of roughly a half of the population and dread on the other. It flips like a coin. A random walk, for the probability fans out there, that ...

First formulated in the late 19th century by Austrian physicist and mathematician Ludwig Boltzmann, this principle remains ...