Trump supporters say they’re optimistic—but they’re not spending
Election results create a partisan gap in economic sentiment, but it doesn't translate to spending.
Credit shocks boost economies, but beware the fall
One of the last major efforts to deregulate banking proved quite successful for some states in the short run, but these same states were later hurt by the effects of the regulatory easing.
Painful debt
One way to predict economic slumps
In a 2008 visit to the London School of Economics, Queen Elizabeth famously asked economists why no one had predicted the onset of the financial crisis then afflicting the global economy.