Economics 101 is the name many colleges and universities use for their introductory undergraduate economics course. It’s also shorthand for the ideas at the heart of classical economics as they have ...

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 ...

This interview is part of our “Econ Extra Credit” project, where we read an introductory economics textbook provided by the nonprofit Core-Econ together with our listeners. A traditional introductory ...

For many college students, introductory economics is a rite of passage. Some may call it a general education requirement, others may call it a gateway to the corporate world. But there is a common ...

For a whole generation, Harvard professor Gregory Mankiw defined the conventional wisdom in economics. He taught the university’s introductory course for 14 years. I read his best-selling textbooks to ...

At a Christmas Eve Mass last year, Pope Francis explained “the problem of our humanity—the indifference produced by the greedy rush to possess and consume.” He spoke of how “a world ravenous for money ...

… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. I wince whenever I hear someone invoke “Econ 101” to answer a question about ...