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The Department of Economics takes a mathematical approach to analyzing social issues and pressing problems. It emphasizes quantitative analysis, computing, and communication skills, as well as ...

Princeton University Press publishes the most influential and groundbreaking books in economics and finance, books that actively influence how the field defines and redefines itself through a broad ...

While many people may think of money when they hear the word "economics," that’s only one aspect of this broad field. Economics majors analyze social systems — including markets, corporations ...

Mohammad Tahir Ansari, Toluwanimi Ogundipe and Callie Clark took the top three awards for presentations at the Jack Buffington Oustanding Student Poster Session in late October.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. This article is part of the Financial Times free schools access programme. Details/registration here ...

Her expertise is in personal finance and investing, and real estate. Positive economics describes and explains economic phenomena in objective and measurable terms, while normative economics ...

Photo: Imago/Zuma Press This field has a long and noble history in economics. The Nobelists’ contribution is to lay out empirical data on the specific economic institutions that helped or ...

Online master’s degree programs in economics offer a flexible avenue to pursuing a career in economics and can sometimes be more affordable than on-campus programs. These programs dive deep into ...

Our two-year MRes programme offers advanced technical training in microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics and mathematical research methods in economics. You will build the knowledge and skills ...

The Nobel prize in economics was awarded on Monday to Turkish-American Daron Acemoglu and British-Americans Simon Johnson and James Robinson for research into wealth inequality between nations.

The economics award is not one of the original prizes for science, literature and peace created in the will of dynamite inventor and businessman Alfred Nobel and first awarded in 1901, but a later ...