Food/Agriculture

The Case for Breaking Up Walmart

Sorry, Charles Kenny, but Walmart is hardly an ally of the world's poor.

BY BARRY C. LYNN | MAY/JUNE 2013

Give Sam Walton the Nobel Prize

Why Walmart may have done more for the poor than any business in American history.

BY CHARLES KENNY | MAY/JUNE 2013

The World's Most Controversial Walmarts

The big box behemoth might be a global force for good, but expansion doesn't make everyone happy.

BY COLIN DAILEDA | APRIL 29, 2013

Beggaring Thy Neighbors

Poorer countries no longer have rich ones to blame for inequalities in trade. Now they're the ones pulling the strings.

BY GREG RUSHFORD | MARCH 25, 2013

Let Them Eat Subsidies

The Obama administration could revolutionize aid and save billions -- if only Congress would stand up to the farm lobby.

BY JOHN NORRIS | MARCH 1, 2013

A Place of One's Own

Land is more than real estate. In many parts of the world, it’s the key to survival, belonging, and identity.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | FEBRUARY 26, 2013

The U.N.'s Deal With the Devil

The United Nations needs to work with President Bashar al-Assad's regime to provide aid to the Syrian people. But is it inadvertently funding the government's killing machine?

BY SAKHR AL-MAKHADHI | FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Paranoid Plots and Empty Aisles

Paralyzed by Chávez's absence, Venezuela's shaky government is inventing threats from abroad. But the hungry masses aren't buying it.

BY PETER WILSON | JANUARY 25, 2013

Syrian Purgatory

As winter clutches northern Syria, thousands displaced by the civil war take cold comfort in a temporary tent city.

BY STEVEN SOTLOFF | JANUARY 14, 2013

Subsidizing Starvation

How American tax dollars are keeping Arkansas rice growers fat on the farm and starving millions of Haitians.

BY MAURA R. O’CONNOR | JANUARY 11, 2013

Sorry, but Africa's Rise Is Real

Africa growth skeptics have got it wrong. The continent's rise is very real.

BY CHARLES ROBERTSON, MICHAEL MORAN | JANUARY 11, 2013

The Myth of Africa's Rise

Why the rumors of Africa's explosive growth have been greatly exaggerated. 

BY RICK ROWDEN | JANUARY 4, 2013

The Disappeared

Even the Soviet Union eventually acknowledged Stalin's Great Famine. Why does China still hide evidence of its own mass starvation under Mao?

BY FRANK DIKÖTTER | JANUARY 2, 2013

Let Them Eat Grass

What do Weibots think about China's Great Famine?

BY MURONG XUECUN | JANUARY 2, 2013

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

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

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

The 10 Best McDonald's Meals You Won't Find in the U.S.

From French breakfast sandwiches to Japanese shrimp burgers, the international creations that helped McDonald's win the Great Recession.

BY SULOME ANDERSON | OCTOBER 8, 2012

McDonald's

In hard times, hungry consumers still flock to the Golden Arches.

BY FREDERICK KAUFMAN | NOVEMBER 2012

Preventing the Next Food Crisis

As drought devastates this year's grain harvest, it's vital that countries don't make a bad situation worse.

BY ROBERT D. HORMATS | AUGUST 23, 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

Build Burma from the Ground Up

Relying only on the state to implement democratic reforms in Burma is a fool’s errand. But there’s a better way.

BY ELLIOTT PRASSE-FREEMAN | JUNE 22, 2012

Please, Don't Send Food

A new study suggests that food aid could actually prolong conflict rather than resolve it.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JULY/AUGUST 2012

Egypt's Subsidy Blues

When Egypt's next rulers finally tackle urgently needed economic reform, they should look to an unlikely model: Iran.

BY PETER PASSELL | JUNE 15, 2012

Africa Takes Off

Sub-Saharan Africa is starting to shed its reputation as an economic laggard. The West should pay attention.

BY G. PASCAL ZACHARY | JUNE 11, 2012

Betting on a Cambodian Spring

Why Cambodia’s opposition faces a steep uphill battle in its effort to oust Prime Minister Hun Sen.

BY THOMAS MANN MILLER | JUNE 1, 2012

Jobs for Billionaires

A few problems back here on Earth in need of some serious capital.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | MAY 24, 2012

Promise Keepers

It's time for the leaders of the G-8 nations to live up to their commitment to help the world's poor help themselves.

BY RAYMOND C. OFFENHEISER | MAY 17, 2012

Getting Ready for Life after Castro

Managing the transition to a democratic Cuba: A user’s guide.

BY JAIME SUCHLICKI | MAY 11, 2012

The Ravenous Dragon and the Fruits of Adversity

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 | MAY 7, 2012