If the U.S. can’t resolve its looming budget problems, the fallout could plunge the entire world economy into a chasm
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Home Economics: Will Rising Food Prices Ruin the Recovery?
Soaring grain prices threaten to add new troubles to a global economy already in trouble
Why It’s Time for Central Bankers to Say: ‘No More!’
Easy money and central-bank intervention are not the answers to the stumbling global recovery
What Chen Guangcheng Means for the Global Economy
Chinese human-rights activist Chen Guangcheng is a brave man who has taken on China’s brutal authoritarian government and suffered personally for it, but beyond winning the hearts of sympathetic admirers around the world, his …
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The Fall of Bo Xilai and the Future of Chinese Growth
The fall of Bo Xilai, the former head of the Chinese Communist Party in the sprawling mid-Western city of Chongqing, is the stuff of movies. A member of the party elite and supposed corruption fighter who was seen to have …
5 Ways Young People Can Bounce Back From Economic Setbacks
It’s hard to become the leaders of tomorrow without jobs today. The International Labor Organization estimates that around the world, there are nearly 75 million unemployed youth — a new “Lost Generation,” in the words of …
Smack Down at Davos: Merkel and Soros Spar on the Euro’s Future
The weather in Davos has offered a perfect setting for this year’s World Economic Forum. Heavy snowfall has made simply keeping your footing a difficult challenge; one ill-timed misstep on the ice could easily send you head …
Which Country Is the Stingiest With Christmas Gifts? Who’s the Most Generous?
To no surprise, the U.S.’s legendary consumer culture hits the roof during the holiday season, with average per-person spending on gifts among the highest levels in the world. Americans aren’t the biggest Christmas spenders, though.
Guest Column: Staying Quiet About China is a Dangerous Approach
Zachary Karabell’s June 9 article, “How Can Americans Get China to Do What They Want? For Starters, Shut Up,” promotes a dangerous approach that allows China to freely continue its mercantilist economic policies without …
Hard or Soft Landing for China? How About No Landing
The past few weeks in financial-land have been dominated by two combustible fears: 1.) that this time Greece really will default on its debts and plunge the Eurozone into chaos; and 2.) that this time China really will hit the …
