US Economy

While America is still reeling from the 2008 financial crisis, a high unemployment rate, and a surge in government debt, China's economy is the second largest in the world....

A sweeping reappraisal of the last sixty years of world history, An Extraordinary Time describes how the postwar economic boom dissipated, undermining faith in government....

Broke is a startling wake-up call for America and an honest accounting of what our future holds if we don't take charge and change our country for the better. If the business of America is business, then it's up to our business leaders to solve the mess we're in....

Economist and syndicated journalist Loretta Napoleoni argues that the world is undergoing rapid and unexpected great transformations fueled by what she calls rogue economics....

In each chapter Poole shows how quiet action by consumers, investors, employees, and employers can make big changes by shifting behaviors....

With huge budget surpluses just ahead, the question of whether to cut taxes has shifted to when and by how much?...

“This remarkable book will change the way you look at fixing Wall Street and redeeming capitalism.” — Scott Umstead, President, Fusion ...

The United States bills itself as the land of opportunity, a place where anyone can achieve success and a better life through hard work and determination. But the facts tell a different story....

Everyone is talking about inequality in America. Thomas Piketty’s recent book Capital in the Twenty-First Century is a best-seller. However, ...

Finance is an inescapable part of American life. From how one pursues an education, buys a home, runs a business, or saves for retirement, finance orders the lives of ordinary Americans. And as finance continues to expand, inequality soars....

Just as Thomas Piketty offered a sweeping critique and progressive reassessment of capitalism, former World Bank Group chief financial officer Bertrand Badré looks at the destructive role finance played in the global economic crisis of 2007–2008 and offers a bold prescription for making it a force for good....

The Emergence of Capitalism in Early America shows how American economists challenged, adjusted, and adopted the ideas of European thinkers such as Adam Smith, David Ricardo, and Thomas Malthus to suit their particular interests.

Twice in the early 21st century, the U.S. economy plunged into a recession due to the collapse of a financial bubble....

We all heard so much about the global financial crisis in 2008 - it was in the news every day for many months. Some countries, like Greece and Portugal, were nearly bankrupted, and we heard a lot about Americans losing their homes....

Current debates about economic crises typically focus on the role that public debt and debt-fueled public spending play in economic growth....

What sparks vast economic calamities? Why do our economic policy makers fail to protect us from upheavals? In Wrong, economist Richard Grossman addresses such questions....

Cheap. Cheap suit. Cheap date. Cheap shot. It's a dirty word, an epithet laden with negative meanings. It is also the story of Lauren Weber's life....

For the past 40 years western economies have splurged on debt....

America's political and economic elite spent so long making such terrible decisions that they caused the collapse of 2008. So how can they continue down the same road? No one in charge wants to publicly acknowledge is that things are still pretty great for the people who run America.....

Peter Bernstein has the unique ability to synthesize intellectual history and economics with the theory and practice of investment management....