The first edition of A Concise Guide to Macroeconomics by David A. Moss was published in 2007—just as one of the world's great economic downturns was taking off. The second edition has just been ...

Discover how globalization enhances comparative advantage, driving economic efficiency in both developed and developing ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) For the best part of two centuries, the principle of“comparative advantage” has been a foundation stone of economists' understanding of international trade, both of why it ...

Last week was the 200th anniversary of the most counterintuitive idea in economics. On April 18, 1817, David Ricardo published On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation, in which Ricardo ...

By Michael Osei AKOMEAGhana’s oil wealth is more than a resource; it is a strategic economic asset whose value depends on how it is integrated into the fabric of national growth and industrial ...

SADLY, the article is behind The Atlantic's paywall, but Clive Crook's essay on the the puzzle of why scepticism about free trade seems to be waxing despite the fact that there is no new theory or ...

Students who take Economics 101 usually hear a story about international trade. It goes like this: "There's a guy in the state of Michoacán, Mexico, who is really good at growing avocados. There's ...

The great mathematician Stanislaw Ulam challenged the great economist Paul Samuelson to name a principle in the social sciences that was both true and nonobvious. Samuelson thought for a bit, then ...

Emily Oster, an enormously inventive thinker, has a terrific article in Slate on how families should approach assigning various household tasks. Her basic insight is that we should draw on the ...