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Positive economics is a fact-based analysis of what is occurring in an economy, without making prescriptions of what should or should not be happening.

In most my dealings with questions of economic development I run across men and women who view themselves as pragmatic doers, totally immune from anything quite as impractical as academic research.

In 2009, Indiana University political science professor Elinor Ostrom became the first woman to win the prize. She received it "for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons." Ostrom ...

When millions of homes and thousands of businesses lose access to electricity, it becomes obvious that energy is critical to the economy. We understandably focus on the crisis at hand. However, there ...

Economic theory allows individuals to study the monetary effects of social and government policies. Nations are built upon several economic principles. Minimum wage is a common economic principle ...

Andreas Ortmann does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

It is easy to take potshots at the field of economics today, whether motivated by the financial crisis or the fact that Nobel laureates, such as economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, ...

Richard Holden is an ARC Future Fellow. Welcome to our series on economic theories that are changing the way we think. Today, Richard Holden explains how asymmetric information – when one party to a ...

IF WE are to understand the impact on India of foreign economic ideas we must first recognize how immune the Indian economy is to influence from any source, including that of the Indian Government.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One evening in December, after a long day working from home, Jennifer Drouin, 30, headed out to buy groceries in central Amsterdam ...

When millions of homes and thousands of businesses lose access to electricity, it becomes obvious that energy is critical to the economy. We understandably focus on the crisis at hand. However, there ...