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 ...

Inflation is described as too many dollars chasing too few goods. It reflects an imbalance in the supply and demand of goods and services. The interaction between supply and demand sets prices in the ...

The terms debt and deficit are often used together in discussions and publications regarding the nation’s finances, and they are often confused with one another. The term deficit refers to a given ...

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 ...

During the 1970s energy crisis, when the price of crude oil jumped 300%, the public became acutely aware of the need to reduce energy consumption through price controls, gasoline rationing and a ...

Exit polling suggests that the dominating issue for voters in the presidential election was the economy. Americans can barely afford groceries, rent and child care. Voters perceived President-elect ...

In Washington, Democrats and Republicans disagree on how best to jolt the economy out of its current recession, but they agree in principle on the need to cut taxes. It’s Economics 101: if you slash ...