“Life, liberty, happiness” are at the heart of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. For many economists, those three magic words are “supply, demand, price.” In any market transaction between a ...

When Daniel J. Sully nailed the price of cotton to the clouds and dared any one to pull it down, he did not see those old-time brothers Supply and Demand climb on each other's shoulders to take ...

Fewer than 60 companies supply 87% of the eggs on store shelves in the United ... When the Great European War broke out, food ...

The way markets typically function is that when demand rises, prices rise, and that motivates producers to increase supply. WSJ’s Dion Rabouin explains why the age-old economics equation about ...

One rule will require companies that produce and transmit electricity to weigh factors such as supply and demand over at least 20 years; the other addresses permitting of critical projects in ...

Fewer than 60 companies supply 87% of the eggs on store shelves ... food from the United States was suddenly very much in demand overseas. As a result, farmers took out loans to expand their ...