Economics merges psychology, politics, law, and business for a global view of decision-making. Microeconomics focuses on individual choices, while macroeconomics examines whole economies.

What to make of the blur of news, revolutionary rhetoric, panicky fundraising texts, economic indicators, the plunging stock ...

Consumers are preparing for a 24-hour economic blackout on Friday, one of several boycotts planned by groups of consumers or activists to protest what they call corporate greed, companies that have ...

Many consumers are planning to refrain from spending money today during a one-day economic blackout. Here's what to know.

ECONOMISTS develop economic models to explain consistently recurring relationships. Their models link one or more economic variables to other economic variables (see “What Are Economic Models,” F&D, ...

Economic profit contrasts from net income by subtracting both usual costs and missed alternative profits. Short-term economic losses may lead to long-term gains if underlying business strategies ...