Question: I have heard and read many times that consumer spending is a major part of our economy. Reading the paper on a recent morning, I read that consumer spending accounts for 70 percent of U.S. economic activity. It is…

Paul Solman: As the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission gets under way this morning and the heads of biggest U.S. banks answer questions about what caused the financial crisis – and what to do to avoid a similar crisis in the…

Question: Since the beginning of the Reagan revolution, there has been a strong effort at state and local levels by both Republicans and Democrats to cut taxes in order to spur economic growth. Given the fact that many state governments…

Question: How would one find out what upper division macro-econ textbooks have been used in the last decade, which are used currently or are planned for use in the coming year(s) at the big shot departments of economics in the…