Explore the connection between neoclassical economics and neoliberalism, focusing on the shared principles of free markets, ...

The time is ripe for good economic analysis from a progressive perspective. The Left has tended to have an understandable visceral dislike/distrust of markets. But this has had the effect of ceding ...

In a classic case of ‘they would say that, wouldn't they?’, economic textbook authors McTaggart, Findlay and Parkin have recently defended economics from the criticism that it failed in not predicting ...

While finance historians credit Harry Markowitz as the father of Modern Portfolio Theory, he enjoys pointing to Shakespeare as an early advocate of diversified portfolios. In “The Merchant of Venice,” ...

15 February 2008 For the 25 years, the so-called "Washington Consensus" - comprising measures aimed at expanding the role of markets and constraining the role of the state - has dominated economic ...

When the great crash hit a decade ago, the public realised that the economics profession was clueless. The claim that “boom and bust” had been solved came crashing down, along with about 7 per cent of ...

Caroline Banton has 6+ years of experience as a writer of business and finance articles. She also writes biographies for Story Terrace. Michael Boyle is an experienced financial professional with more ...

JOURNALIST Christopher Hayes recently wrote an article in which he describes taking Allen Sanderson’s introductory economics course at the University of Chicago. Mr Hayes claims to have found the ...