How a command economy compares to a free market economy A command economy is one in which a centralized government controls the means of production. This has both advantages and disadvantages when ...

ugurhan / Getty images The country of North Korea, officially known as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), has an isolated and tightly controlled command economy. In a command ...

That’s because economic sentiment doesn’t always match up nicely with data that shows the economy is adding jobs ... That’s still a faster clip than inflation, which means the amount ...

With less than three weeks until the U.S. presidential election, millions of Americans say the economy is a top issue as they decide how to cast their vote — an understandable focus after the ...

The inside story of the former president’s messy, offensive and remarkable defeat of Kamala Harris, Joe Biden and his ...

This episode of What’s Ahead talks about a highly useful and enlightening book entitled The Trump Economic Miracle and the Plan to Unleash Prosperity, written by two distinguished economists ...

A key issue for U.S. voters, in this and every election, is the economy. From inflation and tariffs to the impact of immigration, what would each candidate's approach look like in practice?

A cyber-attack threatens to cripple the country and crash its economy. Knowing how utterly dysfunctional the political system is, the president goes rogue to save the day. Triumphant, he addresses ...

Sometimes, work can seem overwhelming. New assignments arrive all the time, old assignments are never quite done. And when that’s the case, it is natural to wonder if we have what it takes to ...

The US economy seems to have pulled off a remarkable ... 2% target and consumer confidence jumped this month by the fastest clip since March 2021, according to The Conference Board — all signs ...

China’s recent stimulus package was the biggest shot in the arm for the world’s second-largest economy since the financial crisis of 2008. Following the announcement at the end of last month ...

"Trump's fiscal pledges are seriously troublesome – for the U.S. economy and for global financial markets – as they promise to vastly expand an already excessive deficit at the same time as he ...