An economic shock, also known as a macroeconomic shock, is any unexpected event that has a large-scale, unexpected impact on the economy. Many, but not all, economists also say that a shock has to ...

Economic justice is the idea that the economy will be more successful if it is fairer, and that prosperity and justice go hand-in-hand rather than in opposition to one another. The goal is to ...

Economic value is the value that a person places on a good or service, based on the benefit they get from it. Economic value is subjective and difficult or impossible to measure, though there are ...

Recent events have brought the controversy over Confederate symbols back into the spotlight. A local business school professor outlines the case for removing them from Alabama.

The Federal Reserve on Friday released examples of the so-called fan charts that will be produced for Fed officials’ economic projections. A notice from the Fed said the fan charts would be ...

Colin Camerer, Gifts as Economic Signals and Social Symbols, American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 94, No. 1, Supplement: Organizations and Institutions: Sociological and Economic Approaches to the ...

Why you should ignore economic forecasts By Larry Swedroe November 26, 2012 / 10:50 AM EST / MoneyWatch (MoneyWatch) Many gurus rely on economic forecasts when telling you where the market is going.