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(Michigan State University) Many people are willing to pay a premium for ethanol, but not enough to justify the government mandate for the corn-based fuel, a Michigan State University economist argues.

The economist widely acknowledged to have predicted the financial crash of 2008 holds little hope that global economic troubles will be fixed anytime soon and warns that without major policy changes things can still get much worse.

You've heard that the US has about $14.5 trillion in national debt, but this week Laurence Kotlikof, an economist and former Reagan advisor, said the US is really $211 TRILLION in debt.

President Obama nominated Alan B. Krueger, an award-winning economist on the job market.

Aug. 15 -- Takuji Okubo, chief Japan economist at Societe Generale SA in Tokyo, speaks about the nation's economy and currency.

The FairSearch Coalition released a report today, which it calls “an independent critical analysis of reports released by Google about its purported 2009 and 2010 economic impact in the U.S.” Economist Allen Rosenfeld was commissioned by FairSearch to review Google’s …

In my interview with economist and scholar Umair Haque last week, Haque said one of the ways Americans could take back power from Wall Street is by divesting from megabanks and putting their money into smaller community banks and credit unions.

As it turns out, North Dakota beat us to the punch.

Government payouts—including Social Security, Medicare and unemployment—make up more than a third of US wages.

“The U.S. economy has become alarmingly dependent on government stimulus,” says one economist.

Giving and receiving gifts can be a joyful thing — unless you're an economist. From an economic perspective, all those books that will never be read and ties that will never be worn are a huge waste.

But a group of seventh graders may have found a solution: Trade.

(Brown University) The world needs more researchers thinking about what's working in African economic development, and what isn't, says Brown economist David Weil.

Weil co-directs the African Successes project, helping to fill that need.