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Three Americans won the Nobel Prize in Economics Monday. They developed something called "mechanism design theory," which helps explain the decision-making processes behind business moves.

A case in the Supreme Court today may determine the fate of millions of inventors' patents. A law says that an invention can't be patented if it is "obvious," but the definition of "obvious" isn't clear after decades of litigation. Now, many companies have filed briefs calling for a change to the rule.

Here are some tips for how people can handle moving between the government health plan for low-income residents and the private plans offered on the federal health law's exchanges.

Wall Street is reeling from a falling dollar, soaring oil prices and mortgage losses. However, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke tells lawmakers the economy is still humming along reasonably well.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Bob Moon of Marketplace about cars that are the most popular targets of thieves.

Sears once changed the American marketplace. Now, it’s filed for bankruptcy. We’ll look at the retail industry’s latest disruption.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to John Dimsdale of Marketplace about the winners of this year's Nobel Prize in Economics -- an American, Edward C. Prescott, and Finn E. Kydland of Norway.

NPR's Noah Adams talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about the U.S. General Accounting Office report that says 95 percent of Army reservists in Iraq and Afghanistan are not getting paid what they should.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about the latest in the trial of four former Adelphia Communication executives who are charged with skimming hundreds of millions of dollars from their company.

The Federal Trade commission sued Amazon this week, accusing it of monopolistic practices. This episode from our archive investigates how the Amazon Marketplace operates, who wins and who loses.