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Trade remains a hot issue. China throws our country a bone by buying several shiploads of soybeans; the stock market reacts, or over-reacts, to news on the progress, or lack thereof, in U.S.-China ...

A surprising eight out of 10 12th graders understand basic economics concepts, according to a national study released on Wednesday. “Given the number of students who finish high school with limited ...

Just how important is money? Few would deny that it plays a key role in the economy.­ During the Great Depression of the 1930s, existing economic theory was unable either to explain the causes of the ...

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When it comes to the very basics of economics—production, trade and labor—average consumers and economists are on vastly different pages. Consider public views on immigration, which often reflect ...

Dominic Thomas of New Windsor looked every bit the part of a young businessman, wearing a button-down shirt with a suit vest and tie to Winfield Elementary School Thursday. He and other third graders ...