Paul Solman: I’ve done numerous interviews with Paul Samuelson over the years. Invariably, he was funny, imaginative and deep. Particularly memorable was a long session on the basics of economics ...

Paul Solman: On Tuesday, we posted the first transcript from a series of interviews I’ve done with Paul Samuelson over the years. This installment picks up where the last left off, explaining the most ...

The IMF's Finance & Development magazine has just come out with a useful web compilation of stories in its "Back to Basics" series on economics. The page is aimed at students, academics, and those ...

Faced with unrelenting pressure from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to cut interest rates, Turkey’s central banker fell back on skills he had honed as a professor, schooling the president through 130 ...