Today’s digital economy is blurring the boundaries between computer science and economics — in Silicon Valley, on Wall Street, and increasingly on university campuses. Yale undergraduates interested ...

Kevin Hoover had his pick of the world’s best universities. A budding economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, he had been accepted into Ph.D. programs at Harvard, MIT, Stanford, and ...

Economics isn’t just a number’s game. Human irrationality is so intrinsically tied up in the human need to rationalize that financial decisions are often made when our conscious brains are held for ...

Paul Solman: More excerpts today from an interview I did with economist Paul Samuelson nearly a decade ago. Today, his thoughts on whether economics is a science and where math fits in the discipline.

Left to right: Ryan Newland, a junior Managerial Economics major works on his Calculus homework with his tutor, Alicia Fiebig, a Math graduate student (phd) in the lobby of Shields Library on the UC ...

I arrived at my college major more by chance than by design. Because I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do, I spent my freshman year keeping my options open while I searched for the path that best fit my ...

A young student who saw my Career Advice to Economics Majors asked about his plans to study economics through the Ph.D. level. He wrote: "I have become fascinated at the prospect of studying economics ...

Writer’s note: I took ECON-E 251, and now conduct CL sessions for ECON-B 251. All my opinions are based on the specific classes that I took and teach with those specific professors. Every professor ...

Social science research finds that students who are taught classical economics about how humans act in their rational self-interest, become more likely to act selfishly after learning those lessons.

The Budget Crunch Is Coming. States Must Adjust Their Spending Accordingly Sorkin Rounds Up the Usual Suspects A Warning from Chicago Washington Is Fighting the Wrong Battle on Health-Care Costs Mark ...

Editor’s Note: The Elephant Chart. Rarely has one economic picture had as much impact as this one. Tonight’s Making Sen$e Thursday story on the PBS NewsHour ...

WIE is here to celebrate and support the unique experiences and achievements of women students in economics at CU Boulder. We here to build a space where you can meet others, share ideas, and explore ...