The laws of economics can be frustratingly inconvenient, especially in Washington. To many lawmakers, the fundamental principles of economics are neither fundamental nor even principles: They are ...

I have been teaching economics since 1967. During that interval, economic reality has not changed. Just as Galileo’s law about the independent influence of gravity on falling objects has not changed, ...

Incentives do matter, and to suggest otherwise is to betray basic principles of economics. In the 1980s, the inventive rock band Devo put forward the theory that mankind was experiencing de-evolution ...

As it prepares to return to the courtroom in an effort to undo the $85.4 billion merger of AT&T and Time Warner, the Department of Justice today outlined its strategy for its appeal of a federal judge ...

I have been teaching economics since 1967 — 40 years of it at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. During that interval, economic reality has not changed. Just as Galileo’s law about the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Requesting an expedited appeal, the government says the trial judge "rejected fundamental principles of economics." By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large Want to understand the Justice ...

The U.S. Department of Justice today filed an appeal with the District of Columbia Appeals Court protesting the June ruling that allowed the merger between AT&T and Time Warner to move forward, ...

The laws of economics can be frustratingly inconvenient, especially in Washington. To many lawmakers, the fundamental principles of economics are neither fundamental nor even principles: They are ...

The laws of economics can be frustratingly inconvenient, especially in Washington. To many lawmakers, the fundamental principles of economics are neither fundamental nor even principles: They are ...