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.

At the start of 2025, the global economy is on the brink of massive change. By some estimates, there is an $80 trillion demand for long-term capital to fund a transformation on par with the Industrial ...

Daniel Kahneman, who understood that not all economic decision-making is strictly rational, has died at the age of 90. His research, which focused on the ways human psychology can warp rational ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Business leaders, however, cannot throw their hands in the air and shout “I don’t know what to do.” They must make decisions, even ...

This analysis was conceived by its author as a trilogy of commentaries in the wake of Decision 16/2 from the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

A homeowner recently shared his experience with how tariffs directly affected his home improvement plans, illustrating the broader economic impact these trade policies can have on everyday consumers.