David Ricardo published "On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation" on April 19 1817. This is the work that described the principle of comparative advantage and thus explained to us all why ...

Americans are angry. One well-defined cause of their anger is the lack of jobs to replace the ones lost to global trade. The "Ricardian" definition of Comparative Advantage – the DNA that powers ...

Fresh out of graduate school, economist Samuel Kortum ’92 Ph.D. began collaborating with Jonathan Eaton ’73 M.A., ’76 Ph.D. while both were on the faculty of Boston University. Kortum, now the James ...

Andrew Ancheta is a finance editor who has reported extensively on cryptocurrency, NFTs, economics, and history. He previously worked as an editor for China Daily. Robert Kelly is managing director of ...