This is the first in a series of occasional columns on economics for policymakers and business leaders. Opportunity Cost and Tradeoffs: The true cost of any spending or investment decision is the cost ...

Contrary to understandings that treat ethical considerations and economic thinking as separate if not antagonistic issues, we advocate a holistic view that links business ethics to consequentialist ...

Marginal analysis was the heart of early Austrian economics and was quickly adopted into mainstream economics, where it is central to modern microeconomic analysis. Amazingly, many people in business ...

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Somer G. Anderson is CPA, doctor of ...

November 2006 In the second installment of a two-part article, Dr. Ahmed A. El-Ashker, professor of finance at the Prince of Songkla University, Thailand, investigates some aspects of Islamic economic ...