Economics has a reputation for being a “dismal science,” but self-proclaimed “renegade economist” Kate Raworth has a sweeter view of the subject in her new book, Doughnut Economics. The book’s premise ...

As economics professors, we are often asked what economics is and why people should study it. Economics is a social science that examines how societies allocate limited resources to produce, ...

Pascal Gobry wants you to stop thinking of economics as a science. That's the gist of his piece, but really the underlying point is he wants you to take economics less seriously. I think he's wrong ...

It’s easy to rag on economics as not being a “real” science, and I try not to do things that are too easy. But in recent weeks I’ve really started to wonder. It is fascinating, and frightening, to me ...

Atlantic Correspondent Richard Posner has good piece out this morning about British economists trying to explain to the Queen why economics failed so miserably to predict the financial crisis. He ...