The fan in the econ stands P.J. O'Rourke talks about learning economics in war zones, how politics and economics intertwine, and how to know when something's funny Bret McCabe / Winter 2018 ...

A brilliant intellect, witty sense of humor and devotion to teaching and mentorship will mark the legacy of Professor Emeritus of Economics George Borts, who passed away Friday at the age of 86. Borts ...

It’s Saturday night at the American Economics Association’s conference, and Peter Orazem has just taken the podium in an overcrowded ballroom at the San Francisco Hilton. Hundreds of fellow Ph.D.s in ...

Federal Reserve policy makers faced a dark economic outlook as 2009 began. They cut some of the tension at Federal Open Market Committee meetings with their usual brand of central banking humor. The ...

The myth that big business is the sworn enemy of government regulation is entrenched in the minds of the media and many politicians–in part because of its usefulness to the Left (any opponent of ...

While some of my Economics 101 students didn’t quite grasp technical presentations demonstrating that trade barriers hurt the consumer, the humor of Frederic Bastiat never failed to drive home the ...

It's very difficult to take a woman named Starhawk seriously. It's even more difficult when Starhawk tells you that she represents an organization called "the Pagan Cluster" and that the "cluster" ...

State economic development secretary Yvonne Hao talks about “Team Massachusetts” so frequently, the Healey administration’s aspirational motto has also become a source of humor. Governor Maura Healey ...