The Journal of Political Economy is an academic journal run by economists at the University of Chicago and published every two months by the University of Chicago Press.

Brazil’s recession deepened in the third quarter, into what economists say is the country’s worst crisis since the Great Depression, as political gridlock and a giant corruption scandal halted ...

Current issues are now on the Chicago Journals website. Read the latest issue. One of the oldest and most prestigious journals in economics, the Journal of Political Economy (JPE) presents significant ...

Critics fear oil exploration at the mouth of the Amazon River is a step backwards from Lula’s ‘zero emissions’ goal.

The country’s former president went on trial over allegations he spread false information about the reliability of the voting system. If convicted, he could be prohibited from running for office ...

The deteriorating Argentine political and financial situation is already affecting some sectors of the Brazilian economy. Representatives from associations linked to manufactured products reported ...

If we look back to philosophers such as Adam Smith and Karl Marx, discussions of political economy were deeply intertwined with questions of morality. ... Quarterly Journal of Economics 134 (2): ...