This story contains details about suicide that may be disturbing to some readers. Our team here at Marketplace is taking an introduction to economics class as part of what we’re calling the ...

Getting a “good” job is objectively harder nowadays. You could say some people were just “born at the right time,” like Americans who started their careers in the 1980s. And economists have some ideas ...

In his otherwise excellent column “Wealth Is Knowledge” (Inside View, Feb. 7), Andy Kessler makes a common Econ 101 mistake. He says, “You were taught about supply and demand curves and that when ...

During the 1970s energy crisis, when the price of crude oil jumped 300%, the public became acutely aware of the need to reduce energy consumption through price controls, gasoline rationing and a ...

Remember back in Economics 101 when we learned what a Gross Domestic Product is? Refresher: It's the market value of all the goods and services produced in a certain geographic area. Places with a ...