In the early moments of the first episode of The Ascent of Money, presenter Niall Ferguson wonders: “Shouldn’t this series be called The Descent of Money...

If his hearings this week before the House and Senate made one thing clear, it is that Fed chairman Ben Bernanke has lost the confidence of Congress, and likely also that of the American public...

John Taylor of Stanford University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the fundamental causes of the financial crisis of 2008...

The complexity of securitization is the reason it is proving to be difficult to clean up toxic assets, Stanford economics professors Kenneth E. Scott and John B. Taylor write in a Wall Street Journal commentary...