Many Americans are facing significant economic headwinds. The job market is tight, and prices are stubbornly high, with little relief in sight. For many people, this may remind them of the Great ...

Keynesian theory says that the way to end a recession in which the economy is in a “liquidity trap” is for government to ramp ...

Universities and colleges across the country have been dealing with a ticking time bomb since the Great Recession, and a growing number of them are saying that it’s about to go off, next semester. A ...

It seems like everyone is constantly complaining about how horrible the job market is these days, which led some people to reflect on how job hunting now compares to doing so during the Great ...

We examine how contractions in local labor demand during the Great Recession affected children's academic achievement. We combine county-level test scores for grades 3–8 from the Stanford Education ...

Treasury yields hit 5.28%, but history shows no fixed “breaking point.” Learn why market breadth stays strong and why ...

Economic uncertainty often forces a shift in how we spend and save. During the Great Recession of the late 2000s — when unemployment hit 10% and home values dropped by 30% — many tightened their ...

The number of Canadians filing for insolvency has hit levels not seen since the Great Recession, signalling that many consumers have hit a “financial inflection point,” says a new report from Equifax ...

When the subprime crisis broke in the 2008 presidential election year, there was little chance for a serious discussion of its root causes. Candidate Barack Obama weaponized the crisis by blaming ...

Is the Great Recession sexist? If you listen to the Obama and Romney campaigns, you’d swear it was. Republicans are pushing the point that the bad economy has been particularly tough on women.

In January, litigation leader Bill Jordan will succeed Richard Hays, who led the firm to triple its revenue and quadruple its ...