Financial crisis

Why Putinomics Isn't Worth Emulating

Don't let the Russian economy fool you: It's still all about oil.

BY PETER PASSELL | JANUARY 27, 2012

The End of the Win-Win World

Why China’s rise really is bad for America -- and other dark forces at work.

BY GIDEON RACHMAN | JANUARY 24, 2012

Nothing to Celebrate

Think 2011 was a bad year for Europe? 2012 could be a whole lot worse -- if EU leaders don't get serious and deal with these 6 problems.

BY CHARLES GRANT | JANUARY 4, 2012

A Watchful Eye

Promises of fiscal discipline by European countries could prove empty without effective surveillance from the International Monetary Fund. Here's how to make sure they don't slip.

BY MARTIN S. EDWARDS | JANUARY 4, 2012

Keeping Markets Happy

It's not public-sector deficits that are at fault for the euro crisis -- it's the policies that have enabled the financial sector to wield so much power.

BY RICK ROWDEN | DECEMBER 15, 2011

To the Barricades

From Tahrir Square to Wall Street to the Kremlin, 2011 was a year when politics was conducted in the street.

DECEMBER 14, 2011

The Accidental Capitalists

Occupy Wall Street's threat of class war could be good for everyone -- rich and poor alike.

BY CHARLES KENNY | NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Europe's Facebook Fascists

Populist parties are sweeping the continent -- and Facebook. It's time we took them seriously.

BY JAMIE BARTLETT | NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Deal Breaker

How badly did Europe just bungle its best shot yet at avoiding economic catastrophe?

BY MOHAMED EL-ERIAN | NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Austerity Bites

Parliament may claim that austerity has saved the country from a certain trip to Hades, but average Greeks would almost rather just go down in flames.

BY JOANNA KAKISSIS, NIKOLAS LEONTOPOULOS | OCTOBER 21, 2011

The Perils of Loose Living

For decades, Americans have looked to monetary policy as an engine of economic growth -- and suffered the dire consequences.

BY HELEEN MEES | NOVEMBER 2011

Cashing Out

America's status as the world's banker has shielded it from harsh economic realities for more than half a century. Not anymore.

BY FAN GANG | NOVEMBER 2011

'Maybe We Are Ruining the World'

An elegy for the Greece of my Uncle Thanassis, a Greece I only barely knew.

BY JOANNA KAKISSIS | SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

From Berlin to Athens

As Greece's debt crisis continues to spiral downward, the leaders of Germany and Greece grapple with restive publics and the massive task of restoring the eurozone.

BY KEDAR PAVGI | SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Pennies from Heaven

Is God to blame for the global market meltdown?

BY CHARLES KENNY | SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

The Myth of the Middle Class

The world's most pandered-to demographic is no more economically productive or civic-minded than anyone else.

BY CHARLES KENNY | SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

The Icarus Zone

Never before has a monetary union been so full of anticipation and hype. Should we have known that the euro would buckle?

BY DAVID MARSH | SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

An Exorbitant Burden

Why keeping the dollar as the world's reserve currency is a massive drag on the struggling U.S. economy.

BY MICHAEL PETTIS | SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

The New Triumvirate

Sayonara yen. By 2025, the renminbi, dollar, and euro will control the international currency system.

BY MANSOOR DAILAMI | SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

The Buck Stays Here

Why the dollar isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

BY DANIEL W. DREZNER | SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Dreaming of SDRs

Why the IMF's long dreamed-of Special Drawing Rights will always be the currency of the future.

BY DAVID BOSCO | SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

The Multilateral Vacuum

If Washington can't get the Chinese to revalue their currency, can international institutions be of any help?

BY PHIL LEVY | SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Crisis Convergence

Why the global economic crash, the rise of the Tea Party, the Arab Spring, and China’s coming fall are all connected.

BY GEORGE MAGNUS | AUGUST 31, 2011

The Black Hole of 9/11

As we assess the legacy of the 10th anniversary of America's seminal terrorist attack, it's worth looking at 10 events from the past decade that have actually been more important.

BY DAVID J. ROTHKOPF | AUGUST 29, 2011

Come Together

Leaders struggling to fix a world spiraling out of control are turning to international institutions. Are they up to the task?

BY DAVID BOSCO | AUGUST 18, 2011

Life After Debt

In this month's market upheavals in the United States and Europe, we are witnessing the end of a seven-decade economic experiment. But does anyone have any clue what comes next?

BY JAMES MACDONALD | AUGUST 18, 2011

Europe's Conservative Confusion

Nearly every government on the continent is center-right. So why can't they get along and figure out how to save the EU economies?

BY TYSON BARKER | AUGUST 12, 2011

The Euro and the Scalpel

Let's be clear: The European economies are in a life-or-death struggle. And the only smart solution now is to split the common currency in two.

BY EDWARD HUGH | AUGUST 9, 2011

Who's to Blame if We Double-Dip?

Five people, places, and things everyone's wagging their fists at as the markets crash.

BY CAMERON ABADI | AUGUST 5, 2011

Europe's Economic Meltdown: How Did We Get Here?

A look back at the missteps and bailouts, in pictures.

BY CAMERON ABADI | JULY 20, 2011