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Response, Nov/Dec 2011
Manufacturing GlobalizationPremium Article available to subscribers and site license holders.
Richard Katz; Robert Z. Lawrence; Michael Spence

Is globalization to blame for rising unemployment and income inequality in the United States? Richard Katz and Robert Lawrence argue that other factors are at fault. Perhaps, says Michael Spence -- but the overarching effects of globalization cannot be denied.
Snapshot,
October 28, 2011
Why Foxconn's iPad Deal is Wrong for Brazil
Ronaldo Lemos

Brazil's leaders expect a $12 billion iPad manufacturing deal to boost the country's technology sector. It may. But Brasilia should be turning out cheaper, low-end technology, which would be more profitable.
Comment, Jul/Aug 2011
The Secrets of Germany's Success
Steven Rattner

As Americans fret about their economic decline, Germans are celebrating their country's success as a manufacturing juggernaut. Obama's former auto czar explains the key to Germany's export boom -- and how the United States can emulate it.
Snapshot,
September 28, 2010
China's Innovation Wall
Adam Segal

In a bid to end its dependence on foreign intellectual property and become a global power in science and technology, China is attempting to foster indigenous innovation. Are the U.S. government and business community right to be worried about threats to free trade and intellectual property rights?
Comment, May/June 2010
The Global Glass Ceiling
Isobel Coleman

Governments and international organizations recognize that empowering women in the developing world is a catalyst for achieving a range of policy and development goals. It is time for multinational corporations to come to the same realization -- funding education and training female business leaders is good for business.
Snapshot,
April 29, 2010
China Goes to Wall Street
JC de Swaan

Chinese companies and government-sponsored investment vehicles are increasingly purchasing U.S. assets. For all the concerns about China’s large holdings of U.S. Treasury bills, its investments in American companies could be met with even greater sensitivity.
Comment, Nov/Dec 2009
Losing Controls Premium Article available to subscribers and site license holders.
Mitchel B. Wallerstein

Strict export restrictions are making U.S. businesses less competitive and the country less secure. Policymakers must craft new regulations to help, rather than harm, U.S. interests.
Review Essay, Nov/Dec 2009
Free Markets, Free Muslims
Jon B. Alterman

Vali Nasr's impressive book concludes that the triumph of free markets in the Middle East can defeat extremism and promote social liberalization. But just how will this happen?
Essay, Jul/Aug 2009
Tamed Tigers, Distressed DragonPremium Article available to subscribers and site license holders.
Brian P. Klein and Kenneth Neil Cukier

For decades, Asian economies used exports to the West as a means of growth. Now, if they hope to weather the global recession, they will have to enact deep structural changes such as higher wages and increased domestic consumption.
Essay, Jul/Aug 2009
Globalization in Retreat Premium Article available to subscribers and site license holders.
Roger C. Altman

The popularity of the U.S. economic model is waning. To put globalization back on track, President Barack Obama must articulate the benefits of open markets and free trade.
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