It's entirely true that Econ 101 is not the end of the subject. That there's an awful lot of caveats that we would want to apply to the rather simplistic conclusions of the average introductory ...

About a month ago, a friend shared with me an article entitled “The Curse of Econ 101” by one James Kwak. It was published by The Atlantic in January. Mr. Kwak’s basic gripe is “the misleading ...

This interview is part of our “Econ Extra Credit” project, where we read an introductory economics textbook provided by the nonprofit Core-Econ together with our listeners. College students receive ...

Economic statistics are used every day to justify national policy decisions, and to be an informed citizen, you need to know what the numbers mean. The unemployment rate, for example, is different ...

In his otherwise excellent column “Wealth Is Knowledge” (Inside View, Feb. 7), Andy Kessler makes a common Econ 101 mistake. He says, “You were taught about supply and demand curves and that when ...

James Kwak is a brilliant young law professor, economics blogger and successful entrepreneur. His new book is a slim little volume that calmly and clearly blows up the major premise of most ...

This interview is part of our “Econ Extra Credit” project, where we read an introductory economics textbook provided by the nonprofit Core-Econ together with our listeners. A traditional introductory ...