Decline Watch

Declinism Is America and Mitt Can Too

Doomsday prophesying is a favorite American pastime, but Mitt Romney wants no part of it (anymore).

BY TY MCCORMICK | OCTOBER 8, 2012

Are All States Failing States?

Every unstable country is unstable in its own way.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | JULY/AUGUST 2012

Bear in a China Shop

It's not the booming economy that's about to burst -- it's bigger than that. Social discontent and, yes, income inequality could rip China apart at the seams.

BY ARTHUR KROEBER | MAY 22, 2012

The Strategic Vacuum

The global economy is in trouble -- if political and business leaders don't stop substituting short-term tactical responses for real, substantive reform.

BY MOHAMED A. EL-ERIAN | APRIL 25, 2012

Onward and Upward

Why economics -- the dismal science -- is far too pessimistic when it comes to analyzing the amazing gains in poverty eradication.

BY CHARLES KENNY | MARCH 5, 2012

The Amerislump Reader

Tracking the ups and downs of a superpower.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | NOVEMBER 15, 2011

The Amerislump Is Upon Us

Just how fast is the United States sinking? A cautionary tale of declinism -- and the political bloviation it inspires.

BY SUSAN GLASSER | OCTOBER 17, 2011