Why Britain needs pragmatism not political dogma; the fallout from the US-China faultline; and how knowledge and speed shape ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth and Power by Victoria Bateman (Headline/Seal Press) Women have ...

This is the story of one of the world’s greatest (but least famous) con artists. Ghana’s John Ackah Blay-Miezah bilked investors on several continents by promising he knew where lost gold was hidden.

Steve Keen's latest book is succinct and wide-ranging. This book provides a clear direction for economics. Meaningful macroeconomic models must be based on reality. Equilibrium for modeling nonlinear, ...

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In good times and bad, colleges cite economic trends to justify their decisions. But do colleges operate with an understanding of economics? Sandy Baum, a nonresident senior fellow at the Center on ...

I’m struck by the number of truly brilliant books on economics this year. My list of favorites is below; it includes thought-provoking analysis of inequality, climate change, and the dismal state of ...

There has always been something irresistible about advice in mathematical form. When, in the Book of Genesis, Joseph was plucked from prison to interpret the dreams of the Pharaoh, he offered some ...

As wild as current economic events have been, as challenging to conventional wisdom and orthodox thinking as they have proved, the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated hardships have left the world ...

The trend leaves economists doubly chastened: by their failure to understand the economic forces helping to bring the world to this point, and by the resulting loss of influence they feel. In response ...