Lynn Benning, 67, said every financial downturn has hit her differently. During the stagflation of 1980, she was in her 20s, single, and stressed out about affording rent on an entry-level income.

Before Nixon exposed the cracks and Reagan finally broke the back of the “New Deal Coalition” — the voting groups that comprised the Democrats’ electoral advantage for over a generation: big city ...

Class identity, which is how individuals view their economic and social positions in relation to others, has wide-ranging effects on people's well-being, thoughts, and behavior. Previous studies have ...

At JPMorgan Chase’s investor day, CEO Dimon warned that we’re seeing the same signs that preceded 2008’s Great Recession.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During recessions, Americans tend to cut back most on restaurant and takeout meals, shifting toward cooking more at home rather ...

With recession risks rising, higher ed faces very different circumstances than it did during the Great Recession, Daniel A. Collier and Michael Kofoed write. The U.S. economy contracted slightly in ...