Scott Sumner points us to this interesting proof that the Keynesian economic model must be true. For the Financial Times is crowing about the fact that when government spending rises then so does GDP.

During the great depression of the 1930s, existing economic theory was unable either to explain the causes of the severe worldwide economic collapse or to provide an adequate public policy solution to ...

Central banks use macroeconomic models to help frame the issues that they face, to mold their ideas, and to guide them in their decisionmaking. While a wide range of models are available, economists ...

Nick Lioudis is a writer, multimedia professional, consultant, and content manager for Bread. He has also spent 10+ years as a journalist. Ariel Courage is an experienced editor, researcher, and ...

As always the best way to explain anything is with a story - and in this case a true story. Forest fires are a major concern in many parts of the U.S., upsetting lumber companies who saw profits burn ...

Macroeconomics studies an overall economy or market system, its behaviors, the factors that drive it, and how to improve its performance.

October 21st saw the commemoration in Beijing of the 80th Anniversary of the Long March Victory. Inevitably it was a hugely symbolic occasion, such is the significance of the Long March in modern ...