In these seven graphs, you see the entire debate. Americans want new background checks. They're supportive of the Senate push, though it's become a partisan issue. But they don't think it will happen.

By Anna Cooban and Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Claudia Goldin, a professor at Harvard University, was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics Monday for her research into women’s income and ...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel economics prize was awarded Monday to Claudia Goldin, a professor at Harvard University, for advancing the understanding of the gender gap in the labor market. Goldin ...

As Congress works on one of the most important pieces of economic legislation in a generation, a Washington research group has pointed out that more than 8 in 10 members of Congress don't have a ...

The FT's US economics editor Sam Fleming talks to several leading economists on whether being versed in the theory is a basic requirement for a Fed chair. to myFT July 20, 2017 ...

When Senator Mark Pryor voted against a gun background check compromise, he was taking a measured political risk. Even as an anti-gun group announces a plan to spend $350,000 on ads criticizing ...

The journal publishes 11 issues containing articles on a broad range of topics. Once composed primarily of college and university professors in economics, the American Economic Association (AEA) now ...