But there's an "unorthodox" macroeconomic theory that has gained popularity called Modern Monetary Theory, also known as MMT, that challenges the traditional way we think about how the economy works: ...

With every new administration there are hopes on the part of roughly a half of the population and dread on the other. It flips like a coin. A random walk, for the probability fans out there, that ...

When millions of homes and thousands of businesses lose access to electricity, it becomes obvious that energy is critical to the economy. We understandably focus on the crisis at hand. However, there ...

During the great depression of the 1930s, existing economic theory was unable either to explain the causes of the severe worldwide economic collapse or to provide an adequate public policy solution to ...

Modern Monetary Theory, the buzziest economic idea in decades, got a pandemic tryout of sorts. Now inflation is testing its limits. Stephanie Kelton, proponent of Modern Monetary Theory, at home in ...

When gasoline is expensive, people grumble that big oil companies like Chevron and ExxonMobil are colluding to keep prices high. They’re wrong. The best way to understand why businesses aren’t ...

View post: Analysis: Why ‘cheap stocks to buy now’ is the wrong investing idea Supply-side economics (also called trickle-down economics and Reaganomics) is a macroeconomic theory that focuses on ...

Behavioral economics combines elements of economics and psychology to understand how and why people behave the way they do in the real world. It differs from neoclassical economics, which assumes that ...

Keynesian economics is a macroeconomic theory that advocates for active government intervention to manage economic cycles, particularly during recessions and depressions. Developed by British ...

Behavioral economics helps investors understand irrational market behaviors and customer choices. Examples of behavioral economic theories include loss aversion and sunk-cost fallacy. Recognizing ...