A big chunk of the trades that happen in shares are sold short. Is short selling is destructive, or is it a useful balance that keeps share trading in check?

Should the government be involved more in regional investment, or will the laws of economics sort it out for itself?

Steve Keen is a support of MMT, in part, but departs from the ideology when it comes to the theory relating to exports and imports.

Why did President Trump win an election on unemployment when so few Americans are supposedly out of work?

One eocnomics professor argues raising the US minimum wage will reduce the profits of companies and put more people out of work. Has he got a point?

Latest UK employment statistics show that more than half of the jobs added in the last year went to the self-employed. Another example, perhaps, of the shift to the gig economy.

Are there occasions when marketized principles can be applied to public goods, in the interests of improving performance.