Globalization

Why Burma Shouldn't Listen to the IMF

If Burma's leaders really want to revive their economy, they can start by giving a cold shoulder to the Washington Consensus.

BY RICK ROWDEN | MARCH 27, 2012

Onward and Upward

Why economics -- the dismal science -- is far too pessimistic when it comes to analyzing the amazing gains in poverty eradication.

BY CHARLES KENNY | MARCH 5, 2012

How I Would Not Lead the World Bank

Do NOT, under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, pick me.

BY WILLIAM EASTERLY | MARCH 5, 2012

A Long Walk Through a Dry Country

Walking through a land of chronic hunger.

Photos by MIKE HETTWER | MARCH 2, 2012

Mind the Gap

Inequality is an increasing problem around the world. But there are cures.

BY PETER PASSELL | MARCH 1, 2012

In Mexico, An Activist Says Her Farewells

For more than a decade, Norma Andrade has been working to defend Mexico’s women from violence. Now she’s decided to get out.

BY LARRY KAPLOW | FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Why Capital Flows Uphill

You wouldn't necessarily expect capital to move from poor countries to rich ones. But that's exactly what seems to be happening in some cases. Here's why.

BY PETER PASSELL | FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Off the Beaten Path

Some of the best economic innovations come from places you wouldn't expect.

BY JEFFREY FRANKEL | FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Embarrassment of Riches

Natural resources would seem to promise easy money. Welcome to the dark side.

BY PETER PASSELL | FEBRUARY 9, 2012

The Little Economy That Could

If you're looking for an unlikely economic success story, you can hardly do better than Mauritius.

BY JEFFREY FRANKEL | FEBRUARY 2, 2012

The Slow Death of 'Asian Values'

Why the latest news from Malaysia helps to undermine authoritarianism throughout the region.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JANUARY 18, 2012

The World According to Ron Paul

Republicans are freaked out about what a libertarian isolationist in the White House would do to American power -- but not all Democrats are.

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | DECEMBER 23, 2011

16 Global Cities to Watch

From Singapore to Christchurch, the urban centers that are shaping the next century.

BY EDWARD GLAESER, SASKIA SASSEN | NOVEMBER 28, 2011

The Mall of the World

What a Hong Kong shopping complex tells us about the true nature of globalization.

BY GORDON MATHEWS | NOVEMBER 25, 2011

Haiti Doesn't Need Your Yoga Mat

A visual history of the West's misguided attempts to send its hand-me-downs to the developing world.

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Doctors Without Borders

Letting medical professionals and other skilled workers from the developing world emigrate is a good deal for everyone.

BY CHARLES KENNY | OCTOBER 11, 2011

America Really Was That Great

… But that doesn't mean we are now.

BY THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, MICHAEL MANDELBAUM | NOVEMBER 2011

Haiti Doesn't Need Your Old T-Shirt

The West can (and should) stop dumping its hand-me-downs on the developing world.

BY CHARLES KENNY | NOVEMBER 2011

The Geopolitics of Energy in the 21st Century

The second installment of an interview with Daniel Yergin.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | OCTOBER 5, 2011

The Buck Stays Here

Why the dollar isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

BY DANIEL W. DREZNER | SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Red Dawn

Why the United States should embrace, not fear, China's economic rise.

BY CHARLES KENNY | SEPTEMBER 6, 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 Cowboy Abroad

We know plenty about what Rick Perry, the GOP's newest presidential front-runner, thinks of America. But what about the rest of the world?

BY ERICA GRIEDER | AUGUST 24, 2011

Little Is the New Big

From Angry Birds to crowd-sourced science, the "micromultinational" corporation is here.

BY SOPHIA JONES | AUGUST 19, 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

The Fault Lines of Failed States

Can social science determine what makes one state fail and another succeed?

BY JEFFREY HERBST, GREG MILLS | AUGUST 15, 2011

A Murderer's Manifesto and Me

Anders Behring Breivik, Norway's mass murderer, was a fan of my writing. Here's what I found within his perverse 1,518-page manuscript.

BY PHILLIP LONGMAN | AUGUST 1, 2011

Famine Is a Crime

Civilization has defeated mass starvation. So why are so many Somalis dying of hunger?

BY CHARLES KENNY | JULY 25, 2011

Rise of the Radical Right

Anders Behring Breivik is not alone. In fact, Europe has many more dangerous extremists than anyone thinks.

BY JAMIE BARTLETT, JONATHAN BIRDWELL | JULY 25, 2011

Breivik's Swamp

Was the Oslo killer radicalized by what he read online?

BY TOBY ARCHER | JULY 25, 2011