Financial crisis

The Rise of Germany's Tea Party

Could a brand-new, anti-euro political movement threaten Merkel's quest for a third term?

BY BENJAMIN WEINTHAL | MAY 2, 2013

Think Again: Austerity

The big spenders are wrong: Maintaining sustainable budgets is essential to economic growth.

BY ANDERS ASLUND | APRIL 23, 2013

Head of the Class

Don't look now, declinists, but the U.S. economy is strong and poised to beat its rivals. Yes, even China.

BY RUCHIR SHARMA | APRIL 8, 2013

The African Century

The unlucky continent finally seems to be on a real path to growth, but is democracy essential to sustain Africa’s rise?

BY JAMES TRAUB | MARCH 29, 2013

Rubles in the Sun

Is Vladimir Putin the big winner of the Cypriot banking crisis?

BY ANNA NEMTSOVA | MARCH 28, 2013

China’s Glass Ceiling

Sure, the Middle Kingdom is becoming a superpower, but it's always going to be No. 2.

BY GEOFF DYER | MARCH 28, 2013

Who's the Most Powerful Woman in the World?

Hint: It's not Facebook's COO Sheryl Sandberg. She lives in Berlin and is key to solving the euro crisis.

BY JEFFREY GEDMIN | MARCH 27, 2013

The Best of All Possible Bailouts

Don’t listen to Paul Krugman (and definitely don’t listen to Vladimir Putin). The European plan is Cyprus’s best chance for recovery.

BY ANDERS ASLUND | MARCH 18, 2013

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

Democracy is in retreat. And there's a surprising culprit.

BY JOSHUA KURLANTZICK | MARCH 4, 2013

Escape Velocity

The president's State of the Union address is the best place to focus responsibility and re-launch the American economy. Because the real problem is Washington. 

BY MOHAMED A. EL-ERIAN | FEBRUARY 12, 2013

The Wisdom of the Market

Forget politics and ideology. It's the Dow that should guide America's path to renewed prosperity.

BY PETER BLAIR HENRY | FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Doomsday Preppers

At a new center in Cambridge, a philosopher, an astronomer, and a software pioneer are looking for ways to save humanity from itself.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Think Again: Immigration

After Republicans' election-year drubbing, the United States has an historic opportunity to fix its broken immigration system. And the arguments against reform simply don't hold up anymore.

BY SHANNON O’NEIL | JANUARY 29, 2013

Why Can't Europe Save Itself?

The eurozone will be forever crippled unless it becomes a real currency union -- like the United States.

BY DANIEL ALTMAN | JANUARY 28, 2013

Changing of Lagarde

How the IMF's courageous new chief is saving Europe.

BY DESMOND LACHMAN | JANUARY 10, 2013

The Greek Depression

Think Greece's failing economy has been saved from the abyss? Think again.

BY JOHN SFAKIANAKIS | JANUARY 9, 2013

The Extricator in Chief

Enough with the fantasies. Barack Obama's not going to reshape the world order in his second term.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | DECEMBER 11, 2012

The World in 2013

Ten predictions for a year of brewing conflict.

BY JESSICA T. MATHEWS | NOVEMBER 28, 2012

The Imperfect World of George Soros

The billionaire investor wants to understand what it means to live in a world that we cannot fully understand.

BY CHRYSTIA FREELAND | DECEMBER 2012

It’s the Stimulus, Stupid

Why Obama won reelection when virtually every other incumbent in the West has been bounced from office.

BY JAMES TRAUB | NOVEMBER 7, 2012

The Crisis That Dare Not Speak Its Name

Why Obama and Romney are both afraid to talk about the mess in Europe.

BY NICK SCHIFRIN | NOVEMBER 1, 2012

A Nobel Union

Europe reacts to the EU's Nobel Prize win.

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

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 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

The Ultra-Rich

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

BY MICHAEL LIND | 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

Blame Game

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

BY MOHAMED A. EL-ERIAN | NOVEMBER 2012