Like many parents this time of year, I find myself streaming Christmas movies with themes of redemption, familial and romantic love, generosity and occasionally religion; but with plots driven by ...

Christmas today is a big business, and one part of that is the multibillion-dollar business of selling Christmas trees. The U.S. Christmas tree industry is so large, it even has two dueling trade ...

The Christmas season is a particularly good time to think about the fundamental weaknesses of conventional economic theory. Frenzied shopping for gifts cannot easily be reconciled with the standard ...

Every Christmas season, I have composed a “review and outlook” for the economy set to the rhythm and meter of Clement Moore’s classic, “A Visit from St. Nicholas.” In this year’s rendition – the 40 th ...

"A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens is a redemption story. Of course, it tells a story of three Christmas spirits who teach the miser Ebenezer Scrooge the true meaning of the holiday. It's a ...

Rising inflation is making gift giving all the more stressful this year, but it doesn't have to be that way. Source: Karolina Grabowska / Pexels There’s a lot of pressure to make Christmas “the most ...

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — With Christmas Day in the rear view, it’s time to examine the big boom Steubenville saw for the holiday season. Each year, the city sees a positive impact from the nutcrackers, ...

We are replaying our special Christmas podcast. The guests are Anna Goeddeke and Laura Birg, two economists from Germany. Together, they co-authored an article in Economic Inquiry titled "Christmas ...