Economist Gerald Friedman did an analysis of Senator Bernie Sanders's plan suggesting it would produce significant growth in the economy -- and then a group of left-leaning economists flipped out.

Zaid Jilani takes a look at the Wall Street connections of two economists on President Obama's shortlist of replacements for Ben Bernanke at the Federal Reserve.

Paul Krugman attributes many of the theories he uses in analyzing today's depression to economist John Maynard Keynes, whose ideas rose to prominence in the 1930s during America's last major depression.

Several recent studies indicates that income inequality may slow economic growth.