American students have a solid grasp of many broad economic principles, but they often lack a basic knowledge of the facts, rules, and institutions that shape their daily lives as citizens and ...

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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 ...

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There will be numerous commentaries on the consequences of Brexit and an inevitable overreaction in the short term driven by market speculators. This has probably not been helped by the fears ...

The average shopper can’t remember a time when fixed prices weren’t the norm. After all, it’s been well over a century since rounds of haggling was the way goods and services changed hands. Fixed ...