Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders helped bring it to the mainstream.
Democratic socialism is supposed to create a transition away from capitalism and shift to socialism.
Social democracy, or...
Due to the high cost of housing here in Burlington, many residents might find the idea of rent control attractive.
But rent control is bad economic policy, and would hurt the people it is supposed to...
The stock market is inherently volatile—investors will be hesitant in the face of uncertainty and rally when conditions are more favorable.
Stock prices fluctuate constantly; supply and demand—...
President Trump has begun to shift his focus to finance.
There are far less people paying attention to this issue, as his immigration policy has garnered a far more popular following, but I...
One of UVM’s most prestigious professorships has just been awarded, adding to the number of professors to bear the Green and Gold title.
Jane Knodell, professor of economics, was awarded...
After three rounds of Quantitative Easing, where the Federal Reserve created money in order to buy securities, several near-zero interest rate years, aggressive fiscal stimuli and soaring job growth, where...
[media-credit name="ALYSSA HANDELMAN" align="alignnone" width="300"][/media-credit]There is a plethora of indicators to look at when gauging the strength of the economy. Where one economist might be running...
You hear all this chatter about the Federal Reserve doing this and doing that and therefore the markets are “bullish” or “bearish” and so on and so forth. But what do changes in monetary policy...
