Economics

Eyes Off the Prize

The real question isn’t whether the European Union deserved its Nobel. The real question is: What is the EU going to do with it?

BY GARETH HARDING | OCTOBER 15, 2012

Writing’s on the Wall for Argentina

Cristina de Kirchner has brought her country to the brink of the abyss.

BY DANIEL ALTMAN | OCTOBER 15, 2012

Vanishing Shanghai

Meet the people left behind amid the boom in China's largest city.

BY HOWARD W. FRENCH | OCTOBER 15, 2012

With Friends Like These…

How the sanctions might hurt America's potential allies inside Iran.

BY DJAVAD SALEHI-ISFAHANI | OCTOBER 12, 2012

Blindsided

The results of Georgia’s parliamentary election caught American pollsters completely off guard. They should have tried asking the right questions.

BY JAMES KIRCHICK | OCTOBER 12, 2012

The Zero Bound

Japan’s economy is stuck in a trap from which there is no clear escape. Is this what America’s future looks like?

BY TIM DUY | OCTOBER 11, 2012

Will Iran Weather the Economic Storm?

The depreciation of the rial is unlikely to change Iran's foreign-policy calculations.

BY PATRICK CLAWSON | OCTOBER 11, 2012

Losing at the IMF

The Obama administration set out to reform the international financial system, but now finds itself on the defensive. What went wrong?

BY DOUGLAS REDIKER | OCTOBER 10, 2012

Chavez Rides Again

Make no mistake: Hugo Chávez's victory in Sunday's election marks another step in the erosion of Venezuela's democratic institutions.

BY MICHAEL ALBERTUS | OCTOBER 9, 2012

Into the Lion's Den

German Chancellor Angela Merkel received an angry welcome in Greece as popular anger over austerity measures continues to grow.

OCTOBER 9, 2012

The Sanctions Conundrum

Some say the sanctions against Tehran are working. But wasn't the Iranian economy already a basket case?

BY PETER PASSELL | OCTOBER 9, 2012

Reaching Tomorrow's Consumers

Why the BRICs aren't where it's at anymore, if they ever were.

BY DANIEL ALTMAN | OCTOBER 8, 2012

The Good Life

The 10 European countries that worked the least in 2011.

BY J. DANA STUSTER | OCTOBER 8, 2012

The Third Industrial Revolution

Why yesterday's plan for the economy won't work for tomorrow.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | NOVEMBER 2012

The FP Survey: The Economy

If we're ever going to get out of this slump, what will it take? We asked more than 60 leading economists to tell us.

NOVEMBER 2012

Think Again: The BRICS

Together, their GDP now nearly equals the United States. But are they really the future of the global economy?

BY ANTOINE VAN AGTMAEL | NOVEMBER 2012

The Currency of Power

Want to understand America's place in the world? Write economics back into the plan.

BY ROBERT ZOELLICK | NOVEMBER 2012

The Ultra-Rich

Good times or bad, it always helps to be really, really wealthy.

BY MICHAEL LIND | NOVEMBER 2012

Cheapskates, Pessimists, & Food Trucks

The unexpected beneficiaries of the bust.

BY TYLER COWEN | NOVEMBER 2012

Declinist Pundits

America may not actually be declining, but those predicting it are ascending.

BY JOSEPH S. NYE | NOVEMBER 2012

Nouriel Roubini

He may not be perfect, but there's never been a better time to be in the prophet of doom business.

BY DANIEL ALTMAN | NOVEMBER 2012

Capitalism

How the left lost the argument.

BY SLAVOJ ZIZEK | NOVEMBER 2012

These 7 Countries

The rise of China and India has long since become a cliche. In fact, neither country has done all that well since the crash of 2008 -- but these emerging powerhouses have cleaned up.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | NOVEMBER 2012

Lean Times

Do people live longer during recessions?

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | NOVEMBER 2012

Epiphanies from Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The "Black Swan" theorist reflects on the most stable country in human history and the folly of the European Union.

INTERVIEW BY BENJAMIN PAUKER | NOVEMBER 2012

Blame Game

Want to avert another global recession? Stop the finger-pointing.

BY MOHAMED A. EL-ERIAN | NOVEMBER 2012

The 50-50 Club

Why pundits love splitting the difference on their predictions.

NOVEMBER 2012

Raw Deal

Two top economists challenge Michael Grunwald's claim that Barack Obama's stimulus worked.

NOVEMBER 2012

Extremists

How dangerous radicals are reaping the benefits of financial unease.

BY J.M. BERGER | NOVEMBER 2012

The Rial World

No, the Iran sanctions are not working.

BY YOUSAF BUTT | OCTOBER 5, 2012