For many people, the economy is a simple equation: paychecks minus expenses. When it feels like our incomes are growing faster than prices, the economy is in good shape. When they’re not, it’s lousy.

Puzzles are a hands-on way to explore simpler and complex mathematical relationships, for everyone from kids to calculus students.

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Historical math problems that once offered a $1 million prize for correct solutions.

Limiting students’ access to college because they are deemed underprepared does not seem to do them any favors.

The White House has sought to convince voters that the economy will emerge stronger next year and that any anxieties over ...

You can study economics for four years, sit through lectures filled with formulas and graphs, and still walk away making the ...