The Nobel Prize for economics was awarded to Harvard professor Claudia Goldin on Monday, becoming just the third woman to be honored with the accolade in recognition of her research, explaining why ...

The wealth and poverty of nations has been a preoccupation of economists since Adam Smith founded the discipline 250 years ago, when he wrote a book titled, The Wealth of Nations. This year's Nobel ...

When the economics department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology issues a statement, it is often to celebrate a Nobel Prize. In the past decade, six of its professors have won the award—as ...