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The Comeback Nation

During the 2010s, the United States staged a comeback as an economic superpower and reached new heights as a financial empire.

Ruchir Sharma

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Economics Mar 31, 2020 Essay

The Comeback Nation

During the 2010s, the United States staged a comeback as an economic superpower and reached new heights as a financial empire.

Ruchir Sharma

Economics Mar 30, 2020 Snapshot

The U.S. Economy Is Uniquely Vulnerable to the Coronavirus

High-stakes decisions must now be made about how to protect national economies from the effects of COVID-19. Unfortunately, the role that private-sector debt plays in...

Mark Blyth

Coronavirus Mar 26, 2020 Snapshot

How to Avoid a Coronavirus Depression

It will take wartime spirit—and spending—to keep the global economy afloat.

Matthew J. Slaughter and Matt Rees

Coronavirus Mar 26, 2020 Snapshot

Flatten the Curve of Infection and the Curve of Recession at the Same Time

Without appropriate support, the shutdown will turn into a major economic and financial crisis that will long outlast the health crisis.

Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas

Wall Street in New York City, March 2020

Coronavirus Mar 19, 2020 Snapshot

The Real Pandemic Danger Is Social Collapse

The world could be witnessing a fundamental shift in the very nature of the global economy.

Branko Milanovic

Disinfecting the New York Stock Exchange, New York City, March 2020

Coronavirus Mar 17, 2020 Snapshot

The Coming Coronavirus Recession

The coming coronavirus recession will take the global economy into uncharted territory.

Mohamed A. El-Erian

Economics Mar 19, 2020 Snapshot

The 2015 Refugee Crisis Was Actually a Boon for Europe

As Europe scrambles to halt the next wave of refugees, here is what happened to the last one.

Paul Hockenos

Coronavirus Mar 16, 2020 Snapshot

Will the Coronavirus End Globalization as We Know It?

The COVID-19 pandemic is exposing market vulnerabilities no one knew existed.

Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman

Economics Mar 9, 2020 Snapshot

Argentina Stares Down Yet Another Default

How President Alberto Fernández handles Argentina’s foreign debt crisis will define his legacy.

Bruno Binetti

Pope Francis and Alberto Fernández in the Vatican, January 2020

Economics Feb 18, 2020 Snapshot

Time to Recommit to Syria

The United States must recognize that the conflict in Syria is unlikely to end in the near future.

Jennifer Cafarella

Residential buildings destroyed by government forces in eastern Aleppo, Syria, June 2019

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

The New York Stock Exchange, December 2018

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

Shoppers at a Black Friday sale in Illinois

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

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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

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Flatten the Curve of Infection and the Curve of Recession at the Same Time

The Real Pandemic Danger Is Social Collapse

The Coming Coronavirus Recession

The 2015 Refugee Crisis Was Actually a Boon for Europe

Will the Coronavirus End Globalization as We Know It?

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Time to Recommit to Syria

Capitalism Must Reform to Survive

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