Put bluntly: Does studying economics persuade (brainwash) you into believing the PRECEPTS of economics? The Frank et al. paper was published in 1993 and is available online here. It was called ...

A new study finds that a light-touch intervention—what one of the authors calls a “classic nudge”—can increase the share of first-generation college students majoring in economics. In this particular ...

Bleemer and Mehta study a sample of social-science students at the University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC). The school’s economics department only allows students to major in economics if ...

Written by a pair of researchers from universities in Montreal and Madrid, it examined whether the study of economics made students more apt to lie for financial gain. The answer: a resounding yes.

Almost 80 percent of lawmakers might need to crack open an economics textbook before the congressional recess ends, a new study on Tuesday suggests. The vast majority of members lack an academic ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. I am currently studying for my A-levels, including economics, but chose not to study maths. As my time is a ...

Todorovic’s plans include studying economics in college, hopefully at Johns Hopkins University. He hopes to have a career at a research institution, “contributing to the field of econophysics ...