Cardiff Garcia

Ever since the end of the financial crisis, rents have been rising all across America. A recent report could signal a turning point in the housing recovery.

The U.S. trade war with China escalated this week. The Trump administration might be underestimating how many options the Chinese government has for responding to American tariffs.

The psychological scars wrought by the 2008 financial crisis are taking a long time to heal. We're a lot more cautious, which has serious implications for the economy.

This week in history: Saudi Arabian oil and the creation of Aramco.

Rents in America are leveling off. At last!

Why boom and bust is part and parcel of the emerging economic experience.

We hear a lot about the effects of the financial crisis on the economy and markets, but what about the lasting effects it had on our psyches?

The availability of work — the availability of jobs for people who want a job and even for people who didn't know they want a job — continues expanding.

Clowns and clowning have been suffering from a chronic branding crisis for decades. Can they fix it?

In the midst of a deepening economic crisis, a reporter's dilemma.

Why free tuition may make for better politics than economics.

Martha Gimbel of the Hiring Lab at Indeed answers listener questions about the job market.

Cardiff gets the lowdown on NAFTA from Soumaya Keynes of The Economist

In 1907, America's financial system ran into trouble. Trust in financial institutions evaporated, and contagion swept through the economy. Then John Pierpont Morgan stepped in.

Most people think the best time to start a business is when you're young, but is it?

Why do men still make 20 percent more than women in the U.S.?

Creative destruction is a fact of economic life that few products can resist. Graphing calculators are a notable exception.

The Venezuelan economy has collapsed. Years of economic mismanagement and a deepening political crisis have led to a recession. Yet there's one indicator that can capture this economic catastrophe.

GDP has been a great indicator, but it may no longer be enough.

Today's summer economics read is "What Would the Great Economists Do?" by Linda Yueh, who is a great economist herself.