Joey Von Nessen, chief economist at the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC. Our state’s largest economic conference is just around the corner and our ...

If America’s economy has a prosperous holiday season, the data suggests, we’ll have rich folks to thank. The top 10% of earners now account for roughly half of all consumer spending, according to a ...

Data on spending this week shows that consumers are shopping big for the holidays despite inflation and economic worries. By Kailyn Rhone Even at a time of inflation, tariff concerns and economic ...

On today’s episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers an introduction to the key economic concept of “the surplus.” He explains economic structures as ways of organizing the production and ...

Fed report shows slight decline in employment in recent weeks Government shutdown hampered demand in some Fed districts, report says Policymakers divided heading into December 9-10 meeting Nov 26 ...

Here are the 11 best prog rock concept albums of all time (ranked)! Just about every type of rock and metal – including black metal – has its fair share of concept albums; however, arguably no other ...

The United States announced new, higher tariff rates this year. Tariffs can affect supply chains, investment, and firms’ input costs, resulting in supply-side effects such as higher inflation and ...

Consumers nationwide Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, will take part in an economic blackout through Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday, with organizers of the "Mass Blackout" protest targeting major ...

A concept album is a record that tells a full story with its songs, and there have been some standouts released just this year. But the concept album isn’t a new thing. Woody Guthrie’s 1940 album, ...

Mr. Carville is a veteran of Democratic presidential campaigns, including Bill Clinton’s in 1992, and a consultant to American Bridge, a Democratic super PAC. We are not even two weeks from the ...

Being the econ nerds that we are here at Planet Money and The Indicator, this Thanksgiving we want to give thanks for economic insights that improved our lives, solved a problem, or just plain ...