The theme of debt recurs in many novels of the 19th century. Based on this observation, Alexandre Péraud, a literature ...

French government borrowing costs have wiped out the budget gains from higher fuel tax receipts, according to budget minister ...

The trajectory of human civilisation is often defined by the rise and fall of great empires, each following a strikingly ...

Whoever succeeds Mr Macron (who cannot stand for a third consecutive term) will have to bide their time. In practice, their ...

Maxime Menuet, 34, is a university professor at Université Côte d'Azur who also teaches at Sciences Po. He co-directs the ...

Fiscal policy has always involved trade-offs. Whose priorities will be financed? Whose burdens will be deferred? Under what conditions? Until recently, governments could postpone these choices by ...

During the Great Depression, as he saw ordinary people’s purchasing power collapse, Federal Reserve Chairman Marriner Eccles warned that excessive saving by the rich was draining demand and deepening ...

Abdoulaye Ndiaye does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

It has been nearly 50 years since the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini recorded speeches calling for an Islamic revolution from a country home in an affluent village west of Paris. But the inhabitants of ...

A new poll has revealed that voter confidence in the country’s economic trajectory is plummeting, as more Americans say lawmakers must address the ballooning national debt or risk deepening the nation ...

A half-billion dollars in sports debt at a public university should set off alarms. Instead, in big-time college football, it barely causes a shrug. According to a recent report by Sportico, Florida ...