Has any politician ever taken Econ 101? If so, did anyone pass? On the Republican side, why don’t they get the idea that mutually advantageous trade leads to lower prices, higher employment and ...

One idea unites the left and right lately: a zero-sum view of the world. Unfortunately, nice as it would be to hail a rare instance of ideological harmony, both sides are very much mistaken. Perhaps ...

Why do we use words like “natural” in economics? Or what about the word “utility”? The answer can be traced all the way back ...

A new dawn for economic design: reimagining capitalism through the lens of justice and inclusion. Unsplash+ Philosopher John Rawls introduced a provocative thought experiment called the “Veil of ...

In an interview with Time magazine, President Trump explained how he approaches tariffs and trade negotiations. I use the word “explained” with some trepidation because explanations imply a certain ...

Many real estate investors don’t set out to build rental businesses. Rather, they stumble into them. Think of the Gen Xer who just inherited their parent’s home, the professional who’s moving out of ...

Daily, more people are realizing that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. we were taught growing up represents only a ...

A fundamental economic principle is that voluntary trade creates wealth, and the more people trade, the greater their well-being. Most economists agree that the more a nation’s citizens can trade with ...

Last year, I wrote about how there are four different ways your view of the economy can be informed: hard economic data, soft economic data, the stock market, and your personal biases. The point is ...

The Economic Survey 2026, to be tabled on January 29, reviews India’s economic performance and sets the context for Union ...

Allison Schrager is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering economics. A senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, she is author of “An Economist Walks Into a Brothel: And Other Unexpected Places to ...