Nobel laureate Simon Johnson challenges the notion that free markets operate independently from political influence in the latest installment of Planet Money Summer School. The program, which runs ...

Amber Gunn, director of the foundation’s Economic Policy Center, said she hopes the new site poses a challenge to state governments to move forward with putting state and local tax information in one ...

How Consultants Mangle Government Consulting firms may promise expertise and efficiency, but their effects on public agencies have been disastrous, Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington explain.

This equation makes it evident that governments affect economic activity (GDP), controlling G directly and influencing C, I, and NXindirectly, through changes in taxes, transfers, and spending. Fiscal ...

Over 90% of experts polled, 49 of 54, who answered a separate question said unemployment would be the biggest economic challenge for the government over the next five years.