Investopedia / Eliana Rodgers Welfare economics is the study of how the allocation of resources and goods affects social welfare. This relates directly to the study of economic efficiency and ...

Many of those in prominent policy roles today learned their economics from textbooks and courses based on that relatively orderly economy. In particular, the framework for evaluating policies relied ...

The Center for American Progress hosted an event looking at how Sweden has maintained a robust social welfare system and stable economic growth. The debate over whether there is a necessary trade ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The Indian economist, who this year became Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, was officially awarded the prize for his work on welfare economics. Called “the conscience of the profession ...

Philosopher-economist Amartya Sen of India won the Nobel Economics Prize today for his contribution to welfare economics, and in particular his research into the causes of famine and poverty ...