Larry T. Wimmer, professor emeritus of economics at Brigham Young University, called Sanderson’s career at UChicago as truly ...

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What determines the economic value of internet infrastructure and the incentives to improve it? What are the open research questions for the most salient policy issues? This article reviews the basic ...

Keynesian economics is an economic theory, and the basic premise is that aggregate demand serves as the primary driver of a nation’s economic activity and employment. This branch of economics ...

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The fundamental principles of economics are based on human nature and do not change regardless of how they are interpreted. People behave certain ways on an individual and societal level based on ...

Health economics play an important role in making health systems more effective, efficient, and equitable. This e-Learning course provides the foundations for participants to better understand health ...

In a guest editorial on PennLive earlier this month, Vinnie Trometter shows a lack of basic economic understanding arguing against the federal repeal of an overreaching California law that hurts ...