One beauty of economics — the study of how human beings use scarce resources — is that its basic principles apply to life even if money is not involved. Opportunity cost, externalities, sunk costs, ...

Trump first announced his massive tariffs on “Liberation Day,” which was April 2. This was supposed to be the beginning of the United States rebuilding its manufacturing capacity. Since Liberation Day ...

Being the econ nerds that we are here at Planet Money and The Indicator, this Thanksgiving we want to give thanks for economic insights that improved our lives, solved a problem, or just plain ...

On Liberation Day, President Trump held up what most economists correctly thought was a rather silly reciprocal tariff chart. Armed with that chart and under the cover of the International Emergency ...

Lessons from the Iran war 2026 highlight energy insecurity, need for renewables, fiscal discipline, and why investors should ...

Discover how environmental economics addresses resource scarcity, impacts policy decisions, and supports sustainable ...