Economics

Getting Down to Business

The bad news is Washington hasn't seen the last of its bickering, dithering, and gridlock. The good news is Obama can change that in his first 100 days. 

BY MOHAMED A. EL-ERIAN | JANUARY 2, 2013

The Baby Menace

Are we too worried about falling fertility rates?

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JANUARY 2, 2013

A New Law of Petropolitics

Sorry, Tom Friedman, higher oil prices don't always mean lower levels of democracy.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JANUARY 2, 2013

The Law Still Stands

Why I stand by my arguments about oil and dictatorship.

BY THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN | JANUARY 2, 2013

We're All Declinist Pundits These Days; Recession-Proof

FP's "Who Won the Great Recession?" package elicits reflections on U.S.-China power dynamics and how to succeed in business during hard times.

JANUARY 2, 2013

Currency War

Debating Robert Zoellick's vision for reintegrating economics into U.S. foreign policy. 

JANUARY 2, 2013

Why Work?

Will working less really make America more productive? 

JANUARY 2, 2013

You're a Mean One, Mr. Putin

Was 2012 the year Russia's president finally lost it?

BY ANDERS ASLUND | DECEMBER 28, 2012

Chicken Run

The politicians are playing a dangerous game with the global economy -- and with Americans' pocketbooks. But the voters get the last move.

BY DANIEL ALTMAN | DECEMBER 28, 2012

Beyond GDP

How our fixation with growth blinds us to broader measures of a society's health -- or lack thereof.

BY JOHN NORRIS | DECEMBER 27, 2012

9 Stories That Will Move Markets in 2013

From the U.S. deficit to Mideast turmoil, the issues that could have the biggest impact on the global economy in the coming year.

BY DANIEL ALTMAN | DECEMBER 24, 2012

Feeling the Pain in Tehran

As sanctions bite, some of Iran's leaders are signaling a willingness to come back to the negotiating table.

BY NAZILA FATHI | DECEMBER 21, 2012

Moving On Up

Turkey is now a solidly middle-income state. But there are still plenty of roadblocks on the path ahead.

BY HILTON L. ROOT | DECEMBER 21, 2012

Fiscal Cliff: A Short History

How did the phrase become shorthand for Washington's embrace of budget brinkmanship?

BY URI FRIEDMAN | DECEMBER 18, 2012

A Real War on Inequality

The world could learn a lot from Brazil's fight against poverty.

BY DANIEL ALTMAN | DECEMBER 17, 2012

The Nowhere Heir

Nicolás Maduro has risen to No. 2 in Venezuela by trying to stay invisible. If Hugo Chávez dies, will this former bus driver take the country off the cliff?

BY PETER WILSON | DECEMBER 14, 2012

The Star Student

Poland is the classic market economy. But it knows that its future depends on staying close to the European Union.

BY JAKUB WIŚNIEWSKI | DECEMBER 12, 2012

Decline Is a Choice

The West has nothing to fear but fear itself.

BY HUBERT VÉDRINE | DECEMBER 10, 2012

The Anti-Godfather

How a mayor set out to save a Sicilian city from neglect and Mafia influence.

BY LAURA BACON, RUSHDA MAJEED | DECEMBER 10, 2012

You Didn't Build That

Is the future of manufacturing really in America?

BY JAMES MANYIKA, JAANA REMES, LOUIS RASSEY | DECEMBER 7, 2012

We Were Pirates, Too

Why America was the China of the 19th century. 

BY CHARLES R. MORRIS | DECEMBER 5, 2012

Barbarians at the Gate

Are Russia and China trying to take over the Internet? Probably. But so far they aren't having much luck.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | DECEMBER 5, 2012

Egypt's Economy: The Downside to Growth

Mubarak may be gone, but his economic policies still haunt Egyptians.

BY MAGDA KANDIL | DECEMBER 5, 2012

The Migrant Money Machine

The developed world could make a big difference to the global economy simply by helping migrants to do what comes naturally: send money home.

BY PETER PASSELL | DECEMBER 4, 2012

Cameron's Leap Off the Fiscal Cliff

Britain embraced austerity instead of following the advice of its own economic giants. What was David Cameron thinking?

BY DANIEL ALTMAN | DECEMBER 3, 2012

How to Cope with Windfall Wealth

Mongolia has been doing a remarkable job of managing a natural-resource bonanza. But dangers still lie ahead.

BY PETER MURRELL, CHULUUNBAT NARANTUYA | NOVEMBER 30, 2012

The Self-Driving Economy

Will we even need central bankers in a few more years?

BY DANIEL ALTMAN | NOVEMBER 29, 2012

The World in 2013

Ten predictions for a year of brewing conflict.

BY JESSICA T. MATHEWS | NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Sea Change in Spain

Latin America's economic growth and Europe's debt crisis have turned Ibero-American relations upside down.

BY MICHAEL SHIFTER | NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Africa's Human Capital

In Sub-Saharan Africa, the best resources are the people.

BY DANIEL ALTMAN | NOVEMBER 26, 2012