A global economist’s shares her take on the new presidential administration’s planned tariffs: "American consumers will get hurt."

On this episode of the Big Brains podcast, a scholar explains how using chaos theory could shake up well-established economic approaches.

In a new study, researchers urge politicians to exercise caution when it comes to tariffs.

"One general high-level finding is that local economic conditions matter for volunteering. That's something we can't ignore."

Monopolies of homebuilders are contributing to a housing shortage in the US, preventing millions of people from buying a home, says Luis Quintero.

Indigenous peoples are still feeling the economic shock of the mass slaughter of North American bison in the late 1800s, a new study shows.

To buy and sell obsidian, the Maya people used a market economy with far less oversight from their rulers that previously thought.

With the US considering a digital currency, an expert explains how it could help consumers and businesses and concerns the idea raises.

Women traders were more successful than men in Kurmasi Central Market in Ghana but did not pursue a place in the formal economy. Why?

Are new technologies like blockchain like good ways to trace foods through their supply chain during food contamination outbreaks? New research challenges that idea.