Economics

There aren’t enough jobs to go around, but as the ongoing election has made clear, neither party is ready to tackle the problem.

Economist Patrick Chovanec says it could still work, but the president could play a much better hand by bringing in U.S. allies.

Six things to read as the company goes public.

World Bank chief economist Pinelopi Goldberg says equality can’t be an afterthought in plans for economic growth.

EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström says Washington must remove tariffs or no trade deal.

The president’s stimulus programs may help him stay in power, but they will cost his country in the long run.

Left vulnerable by Brexit, the U.K. looks eager to sign onto Beijing’s giant Belt and Road program.

Harvard economist Dani Rodrik on how to make globalization fair and sustainable.

In the wake of social and economic reforms, some Saudis are speaking out.

Financial wars damage and disfigure economies as much as military ones. Countries ravaged by sanctions need reconstruction, too.

In the world’s biggest democracy, good politics often have nothing to do with good economics.

Trump is mulling new auto tariffs that could send the global economy into a tailspin.

The state’s role in the U.S. economy has expanded dramatically under President Trump, even as he pushes China to exert less control.

Protecting the liberal order won’t be enough. The EU will also have to challenge China for influence around the world.

The longtime president may depart as soon as this week, but the country’s growing protest movement has not yet united behind one leader or policy platform.

Beijing’s recent GDP downgrade shows that it is serious about fixing its data problem.

Rising local debt is making the Chinese economy even more fragile.

Many fear a go-it-alone future outside the EU portends economic eclipse.

One consequence of leaving the EU that Brexiteers forgot to reckon with? Nationwide toilet paper shortages.

The administration talks up progress in “historic” trade talks, but an agreement remains elusive.