Wall Street Journal: Robert J. Barro says that according to his calculations, there is a 20 percent chance the current crisis will turn into a depression:...

Predictions of a recovery are a dime a dozen these days, but a Harvard researcher who has closely examined economies around the world back to the time of Lincoln has this sobering viewpoint: There’s a decent chance we’re in for a real, out-and-out depression...

For years economists who have challenged free market theory have been the Rodney Dangerfields of the profession...

In his FY 2010 budget President Obama set forth an agenda of higher taxes on the top 2% of income-earning households to fund tax and spending benefits for low- and middle-income households...