Most economists subscribe to a belief in “positive economics,” which means that economic theory flows from economic data. Thus, all theory can be tested for ...

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With the rise of AI, business leaders may be wondering: Is it time to outsource math to machines, freeing managers to do more managerial things? Harsha V. Misra is the founder of a private investment ...

They’re both wrong. Who is? Trump supporters who’ve long defended mindless tariffs, along with economists wisely against mindless tariffs, but who now claim they didn’t really mean what they said ...

On Thursday, Basenese said the Trump administration’s eye-popping 83% tariffs right “out of the gate” was the “big stick” that brought America’s biggest trading partners to the negotiating table, on ...

The New Bedford Whaling Museum will kick off its 30th annual Moby-Dick Marathon weekend with the Melville Scholars’ Dinner & Lecture on Jan. 2, in the museum’s Harbor View Gallery, according to a ...

A Brown University student from the Pittsburgh area recalled the "frantic" moments after a shooter opened fire at the university in Providence, Rhode Island. Matthew Purcell, a junior on the men's ...

Economics professor and former Harvard University President Larry Summers, who recently stepped back from public duties following revelations about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, opened his class at the ...

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While the promise of agentic AI in advertising is intoxicating, autonomous systems optimizing campaigns and making real-time adjustments still face a sobering reality: The economics don’t work for ...

As an A level Economics students, we often indulge ourselves in the realm of Keynesian theories – from the General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money to concepts such as multiplier effects and ...

A scholar from Kenyon College, Professor of Mathematics Carol Schumacher, is coming to Bates to give two back-to-back talks on Sept. 29 as part of the Annual Richard W. Sampson Lecture Series. Both ...