Daniel Altman

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Myopia in the Markets

Political instability -- from Turkey to Brazil -- is unnerving investors. Could the focus on short-term gain unsettle the global economy?

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KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images

The Inefficiency of Inequality

Why America's staggering wealth disparity is an economic problem -- not just a moral one.

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Spencer Platt/Getty Images

The Bad Bargain

Is the declining value of labor behind the dangerous rise in income inequality?

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CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images

Lemon Law

How crappy used cars explain the chaos in Thailand and Egypt.

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WANG ZHAO/AFP/GettyImages

Second Child Syndrome

Is the relaxation of China's one-child policy too little, too late?

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MARTIN BUREAU/AFP/Getty Images

The Dim Sum Dollar Carry Trade

What's driving the boom market in Chinese currency bonds?

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Yiannis Kourtoglou/AFP/Getty Images

Throw the Bums Out

Could New York City's tough-love school program save the Eurozone?

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BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images

A Plan to Save the Republican Party

Breaking up may be hard to do, but it's the GOP's best chance for survival.

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FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images

Competitive Chic

The World Economic Forum's big report isn't all it's cracked up to be.

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ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images

Can India Keep Growing?

It depends on which India you're talking about.

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ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images

Day of Reckoning

The vultures are circling over Argentina's stricken economy. Can it hold off disaster until the next election?

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Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images

Dollars, Not Bombs

Can we bribe our way to peace in Syria?

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TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images

The Great Asian Sell-Off

Why are investors suddenly fleeing markets in South and Southeast Asia?

INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP/Getty Images
INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP/Getty Images

If India’s Really Booming, Why Is the Rupee Crashing?

Meet the banker who could save the country's faltering currency.

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Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Larry Summers, Anger Translator

Is this who you want after Ben Bernanke?

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How Governments Should Manage the Rise of AI

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The war in Ukraine has propelled the United States and Europe closer on a variety of foreign-policy issues. But do Washington and Brussels agree on how to deal with Beijing’s growing clout...Show more

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Inside the U.S.-China Tech War

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Over the last few years, the United States has moved to limit China’s technological rise. U.S.-led sanctions have imposed unprecedented limits on Beijing’s access to advanced computing c...Show more

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