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Capitalism Must Reform to Survive

The only way to save capitalism is to return to the stakeholder model we discovered, and then forgot, decades ago.

Klaus Schwab

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Capitalism Jan 16, 2020 Snapshot

Capitalism Must Reform to Survive

The only way to save capitalism is to return to the stakeholder model we discovered, and then forgot, decades ago.

Klaus Schwab

Economics January/February 2020 Review Essay

Ever-Further Union

There is little reason to put stock in Robert Menasse’s vision of Europe’s past, present, or future in The Capital.

Reviewed by Andrew Moravcsik

Latin America Oct 29, 2019 Snapshot

Why Latin America Was Primed to Explode

Economic Malaise, More Than Foreign Meddling, Explains the Outpouring of Rage

Moisés Naím and Brian Winter

Latin America Oct 25, 2019 Snapshot

Argentina’s Recurring Nightmare

Years of persistent turmoil have bred distrust of the government, priming the country for crisis.

Bruno Binetti

A demonstration against Mauricio Macri's government, in Buenos Aires, September 2019

Economics November/December 2019 Essay

The Unwinnable Trade War

Washington is not winning the trade war with Beijing. Although China’s economic growth has slowed, the tariffs have hit U.S. consumers harder than their Chinese...

Weijian Shan

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Economics November/December 2019 Comment

The Middle East’s Lost Decades

The Arab Spring may not have ushered in immediate reforms, but it may have awakened the political energies of the Arab world and set in motion the long process of Arab...

Maha Yahya

Spring is in the air? A protest in Algiers, May 2019

Economics Aug 30, 2019 Snapshot

Bolsonaro Fans the Flames

As fires engulf the Amazon rainforest, the environmental policies of Brazil's president stoke international outrage and raise the risk of boycotts. Can economic...

Oliver Stuenkel

Economics September/October 2019 Review Essay

The Population Bust

Zachary Karabell reviews two new books on population decline, arguing that the world is headed toward a population bust that could destroy capitalism as we know it.

Reviewed by Zachary Karabell

The Best of 2019 September/October 2019 Essay

Trump’s Assault on the Global Trading System

The Trump administration is bent on severing, not fixing, Sino-American ties. Although many of these policies can be reversed, both Washington and Beijing have taken...

Chad P. Bown and Douglas A. Irwin

Tariff Man: an anti-Trump billboard in Guangzhou, China, August 2018

Economics Jul 22, 2019 Snapshot

A True Scholar

Martin Feldstein, one of the world’s great economists, passed away on June 11, at the age of 79.

Kenneth S. Rogoff

Martin Feldstein at the Reuters Investment Outlook Summit, June 2008

Economics July/August 2019 Comment

Globalization’s Wrong Turn

To craft a fair and sustainable global economy, policymakers should look to the flexible principles of Bretton Woods, yet today's hyperglobalization is closer in...

Dani Rodrik

Trading up? Shipping containers in Shanghai, China, May 2012

Economics May 8, 2019 Snapshot

Mind the Gap

Despite evidence that closing gender inequalities in the workplace could boost growth, the wage gap persists in the United States.

Rachel Vogelstein and Alexandra Bro

Pedestrians walk past the outside of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell in New York, September 2018

Economics May/June 2019 Essay

All the King’s Consultants

Experts play valuable and highly visible roles advising leaders in wealthy liberal democracies and international institutions. But far less is known about what they do...

Calvert W. Jones

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Economics Mar 15, 2019 Snapshot

Emerging Markets Aren’t Out of the Woods Yet

Original sin hasn't gone completely.

Agustín Carstens and Hyun Song Shin

The floor of the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange in Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 2018

Economics Mar 13, 2019 Snapshot

Can Putin Fix Russia’s Sputtering Economy?

Adjusting for inflation, household disposable incomes in Russia have declined each of the past five years. It’s no wonder that Russians are beginning to ask questions.

Chris Miller

Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the Federal Assembly in Moscow, Russia, February 2019

Economics Mar 11, 2019 Snapshot

What’s Causing China’s Economic Slowdown

China's economy is slowing, but Beijing will keep it going.

Christopher Balding

A production line in a factory in Huzhou, Zhejiang province, China, January 2019

Economics Feb 21, 2019 Snapshot

What’s Driving the Crisis in Zimbabwe?

The brutal state crackdown on protesters in Zimbabwe comes amid tensions within the ruling government and an economic crisis with no end in sight.

Stephen Chan

A man moves a burning barricade during protests on a road leading into Harare, Zimbabwe, January 2019

The Best of 2019 March/April 2019 Essay

Who’s Afraid of Budget Deficits?

It's time for Washington to focus on bigger things.

Jason Furman and Lawrence H. Summers

Budget buster: Trump after signing a tax bill, Washington, D.C., December 2017

Economics Jan 7, 2019 Snapshot

The Real History of Intellectual Piracy

What China Can Learn From America

B. Zorina Khan

Customers at a Xiaomi product launch in Shenzhen, China, May 2018.

Economics January/February 2019 Essay

The Free-Trade Paradox

Economists may have to accept that convincing most people of the value of free trade is a losing fight.

Alan S. Blinder

The spoils of trade: imported frozen seafood in Vernon, California, September 2018.

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