Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Economists work at the intersection of social sciences, mathematics and business. They use statistical methods and theories about small- and large-scale markets to analyze economic performance and ...

Christina Majaski writes and edits finance, credit cards, and travel content. She has 14+ years of experience with print and digital publications. Robert Kelly is managing director of XTS Energy LLC, ...

Behavioral economics combines elements of economics and psychology to understand how and why people behave the way they do in the real world. It differs from neoclassical economics, which assumes that ...

Michelle Baddeley is Director and Research Professor at the Institute for Choice, University of South Australia. Today, it seems as though everyone is talking about behavioral economics. Governments ...

Economists have faced a deluge of negative press in the past few years, ranging from criticisms over the failure to forecast the financial crisis, to the more recent disbelief over the granting of the ...