The Southern Economic Journal features original, refereed scholarly articles in all areas of economics as well as contributions on the pedagogy of economics. The journal also contains occasional ...

It has recently been suggested that heterodox economics can benefit from an engagement with classical surplus theory. However, caution is often recommended due to the ideological concepts that are ...

There is now a widespread consensus that mainstream/neoclassical economists failed miserably to either predict the coming of the 2008 financial implosion, or provide a reasonable explanation when it ...

Classical and scientific management theories emphasize efficiency and task specialization through systematic study of workers ...

Hugo Sonnenschein, the Adam Smith Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, has received an important international prize in recognition of his contributions to economic theory. Watch video ...

Caroline Banton has 6+ years of experience as a writer of business and finance articles. She also writes biographies for Story Terrace. Michael Boyle is an experienced financial professional with more ...

Understanding economies in times of crises? Modern macroeconomics failed so far. Researchers are now proposing a novel method that makes the effects of shocks on out-of-equilibrium economies ...

The tax overhaul bill before Congress has a professed rationale that rests on economic theory. As neuroscientists who study decision making, we would like to raise a very serious objection to this ...

In a classic case of ‘they would say that, wouldn't they?’, economic textbook authors McTaggart, Findlay and Parkin have recently defended economics from the criticism that it failed in not predicting ...