Creating more good jobs in America should be a high priority for federal policymakers. But imposing high import tariffs will ...

Leading economists and policymakers have lauded the decision to award the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences to Daron Acemoglu, ...

The world's total public debt is set to exceed $100 trillion this year for the first time, and may grow more quickly than ...

Global public debt is set to reach $100 trillion, or 93% of global gross domestic product, by the end of this year, driven by ...

Discover how 2024 Nobel Laureates reveal the institutional forces shaping global inequality and offer insights for building a ...

Simon Johnson, a former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, has won the Nobel Prize for economics. Johnson, ...

The Nobel Prize in economics was awarded Monday to a trio of economists who have published research that looks at what accounts for inequality between countries and how the role of institutions, ...

MIT economists Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson PhD ’89 have been named winners of the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in ...

The Nobel Prizes, awarded since 1901, are famously unequal, reflecting how women have been overshadowed by men in science for ...

The long-lasting impact of Europe’s former empires on growth forms the basis of research by three U.S.-based academics who will share the 2024 Nobel Prize in economics.

James Robinson shared this year's prize with two longtime collaborators who delved into why societies become rich or poor.