Rachel Reeves has promised that there will be “no return to austerity” at the Labour conference in Brighton, responding to critics who have compared her to previous Conservative governments. “We must ...

Amid the brinksmanship about hitting the debt ceiling — the treasury’s ability to pay could run out in June — there are two very different views on the costs or benefits of reining in government ...

To understand the populist revolt against free trade and other pillars of mainstream economics—a revolt that U.S. President Donald Trump harnessed to his political ambitions with remarkable skill—one ...

“Since CUNY is one of the city’s most traversed pathways out of poverty, any decision to block or compromise this escape route must be considered for its short and long-term consequences.” The Bronx ...

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Thousands of protesters marched in Romania ’s capital on Wednesday, demanding higher wages, measures to curb inflation and tax reductions for workers as the government pushes ...

What’s in a word? Sometimes, I think, quite a lot. The use of a single word can amount to a subtle lie. Reading French newspapers, I’m struck by how often the word “austerity” appears to discuss ...

George Osborne’s austerity program after the Conservative party came to power in 2010 cost the UK economy more than 2% in lost GDP, according to newly published Bank of England research. BOE analysis ...

Lee Hye-hoon, the nominee for Minister of Planning and Budget, stated on the 6th, “Finance must actively play a priming role in the Korean economy.” As a conservative economist and politician, the ...

The global collapse of tax revenues was one of the major challenges that policymakers confronted during the Great Recession. The Bush and Obama administrations both responded to recessions early in ...

Thanks to the federal government shutdown, there is an absence of new U.S. job market data for September 2013. Let’s take a moment to imagine the kind of economy we might see in the United States ...