Economic Thought: Ancient Practices to Modern Theories

Discover the evolution of economics from ancient times to modern theories that influence global markets, including Adam Smith and Keynesian approaches.

Positive Economics History, Theory, Pros and Cons, and Example

Positive economics is a fact-based analysis of what is occurring in an economy, without making prescriptions of what should or should not be happening.
Marketplace

This year's Nobel economics prize winners offer lessons — and warnings — from history

Three professors who look at how innovation — including technology — drives economic growth will share the Nobel memorial prize in economics. The winners are Joel Mokyr of Northwestern University; ...
Nature

Economic History

Economic history examines the evolution of economies over time, integrating insights from quantitative data, qualitative narratives, and interdisciplinary approaches. Scholars investigate how ...
Yale Environment 360

For ‘preeminent’ economic historian, the road to the Nobel began at Yale

Joel Mokyr’s intellectual journey to the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics began at Yale, where he was Ph.D. student in the early 1970s under the mentorship of the late William Parker, a path-breaking ...