The core of Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo’s new book, Poor Economics, can be summed up by a single sentence in the foreword: “[W]e have to abandon the habit of reducing the poor to cartoon ...

Poilievre had first come across the book as a fourteen-year-old teenager growing up in Calgary. Out of commission from a ...

Discover investment lessons from Charlie Munger’s Poor Charlie’s Almanack to boost your financial knowledge. Learn and ...

The White House trade guru has often cited “Ron Vara”—an anagram of his own last name. That might explain a lot.

Nobel Laureate Esther Duflo and French illustrator Cheyenne Olivier discussed their book Poor Economics for Kids, which engages children in learning about complex economic concepts without talking ...

Goldman Sachs and other firms are warning of a recession. Bill Ackman floated a 90-day tariff timeout. Even the Federal ...

In July 2024, a veteran economist and teacher of economics, C.T. Kurien, passed away. V.K. Ramachandran, himself one of India’s senior economists, in a tribute to him, said of Kurien: ‘...he ...

Consumer spending, excluding autos, was lower overall nationwide, according to the Federal Reserve’s latest Beige Book report ...

By the canons of orthodox social science, countries like India are not supposed to have an environmental consciousness.

The Union government announced a three-day State Mourning following the demise of Pope Francis, who died Monday at age 88.In ...

Philosophy professor Jason Stanley, who is moving to Canada to teach at the University of Toronto this fall, spoke at the New ...

The Times Opinion columnist discusses religion and belief — at this moment in our politics, and in our lives more generally.