Economics

Ideas are getting more expensive to find. That will keep economic growth slow for the foreseeable future.

In theory, carbon pricing makes sense, but in practice, it isn’t doing much about climate change.

In too many places, governments are failing to invest in their populations. This is a problem because neglecting investments in human capital can dramatically...

Today, Russia’s economy has stabilized, inflation is at historic lows, and the budget is nearly balanced. How did Vladimir Putin survive the twin challenges of the...

Tax havens enjoy the protection of powerful forces; cracking down on them will be difficult. It can only be done by mobilizing public anger to break up systems...

Donald Trump’s election made investors justifiably nervous. But a mass exodus from the U.S. Treasuries market is unlikely.

China's interest in the IMF's Special Drawing Right says more about the country's national identity than about Beijing's interest in challenging the dollar-led...

China needs to solve a governance deficit problem plaguing One Belt, One Road both at home and along the OBOR route.

China's booming sharing economy faces a precarious future.

A fiscal union for the eurozone is the only way to save the common currency—and the EU.

Authoritarian states are boldly seeking to influence Western democracies. How should liberal governments respond?

Few countries command as much attention as China. But flawed analyses among Western observers are encouraging flawed policy responses.

John Connally's record as Treasury secretary has a clear lesson for the Trump administration: the bully pulpit is a poor platform for making international economic...

Apple sets the standard for what people expect to be able to do with their smartphones, in China as everywhere else.

A hard Northern Irish border can only be accomplished if London remains within European Union’s customs union.

Claiming that peace with the FARC will bring specific additional percentage points to Colombia’s GDP is a dangerously oversimplified talking point.