Finance

Is This Any Way to Treat Your Banker?

China recoils in horror at America's fiscal dysfunction.

BY SHEN DINGLI | JANUARY 2, 2013

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

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

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

The Self-Driving Economy

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

BY DANIEL ALTMAN | NOVEMBER 29, 2012

The New Breakout Nations

Forget the BRICs. Meet seven unheralded countries to watch.

BY RUCHIR SHARMA | DECEMBER 2012

Southeast Asia’s Economic Poster Child Is Stalling

How the Communist Party is fiddling while Vietnam burns.

BY BEN BLAND | NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The Corruption Pandemic

Why corruption is set to become one of the defining political issues of the 21st century.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Brace Yourself

The U.S. may well go off the fiscal cliff. Is that so bad?

BY DAVID W. BARNO, NORA BENSAHEL, JOEL SMITH, JACOB STOKES | NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Prosperity Isn't Just a Matter of Wealth

Man does not live by GDP alone. An introduction to the Legatum Institute's latest Prosperity Index.

BY PETER PASSELL | NOVEMBER 2, 2012

To Renminbi Or Not to Renminbi?

Why China's currency isn't taking over the world.

BY VICTOR SHIH, SUSAN SHIRK | OCTOBER 18, 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

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 Third Industrial Revolution

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

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | NOVEMBER 2012

The Ultra-Rich

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

BY MICHAEL LIND | 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

Blame Game

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

BY MOHAMED A. EL-ERIAN | NOVEMBER 2012

Extremists

How dangerous radicals are reaping the benefits of financial unease.

BY J.M. BERGER | NOVEMBER 2012

Finding the Right Take-Off Speed

There's no one-size-fits-all approach to transition economies. But slow and steady often wins the race.

BY JUSTIN YIFU LIN | SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Turkey's Fragile Success

Turkey has undeniable economic potential, but there is still a lot of work to do.

BY CENK SIDAR | SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

India, Meet Icarus

Why no one should be surprised that the emerging economic superpower is getting cut back down to size.

BY PETER PASSELL | SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Lions on the Move

10 things you don't know about Africa's booming economy.

BY SUSAN LUND, AREND VAN WAMELEN | AUGUST 31, 2012

September Is the Cruelest Month

Welcome back from summer holiday, Europeans! Get ready for 30 days that will determine the fate of your continent.

BY TYSON BARKER | AUGUST 30, 2012

The China Bubble

U.S. companies are banking their future success on tapping into the enormous Chinese market. They're in for a nasty surprise.

BY RICHARD D'AVENI | AUGUST 30, 2012

Tomorrow, We Save

Language offers a clue to countries' economic behavior.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | SEPT/OCT 2012

So You Want to Be a Sanctions-Buster

It’s easy -- if you try hard enough and have the right friends! Here’s a handy how-to guide to making moolah from the mullahs.

BY MARK DUBOWITZ | AUGUST 10, 2012

Smokeless Stoves, Girl-Friendly Schools, and the Bloc That Wasn’t

Academic economists usually air their new ideas first in working papers. Here, before the work gets dusty, a quick look at transition policy research in progress.

BY PETER PASSELL | AUGUST 3, 2012

The Arabian Horse

Can Egypt's economy deliver on the revolutionary promise of a better future for all?

BY MOHAMED A. EL-ERIAN | JULY 31, 2012

Think Again: The Eurocrisis

Markets are crashing. The euro is hurting. Here's why the continent's financial crisis is even messier than it appears, and how the blowback could hit the United States in the face.

BY DAVID GORDON, DOUGLAS REDIKER | JULY 23, 2012