Economics

As sea levels rise and storms become fiercer, container shipping could be in for major disruptions.

The Japanese economy has been living in a fantasy world for decades, and the U.S. economy could soon be joining it there.

Sort of. If you can call it that. Pity about all the lost billions of dollars.

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince will take money from investors in the national oil company—but he’ll be giving up far more than he thinks.

It’s crunch time for the biggest trade deal you’ve never heard of.

With eight bankruptcies in the last year—the latest this week—coal is in deep trouble again, and that could spell trouble for Trump in 2020.

Breaking up monopolies was the first step in fighting Hitler.

Argentina’s president, who is widely expected to lose Sunday’s election, had no options to save the country’s economy that would have let him stay in power.

With the global economy slowing, the world has a new acronym to worry about.

The vice president lays out a wide-ranging critique of China at a critical moment for trade talks. 

Ironically, the fight over impeachment could finally ease the way for NAFTA’s successor. But time is running out.

Field experiments now dominate development economics—often at the expense of the world’s poor.