List of Economics articles
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Farmers and workers from the Shiromani Akali Dal party protest against agriculture reforms in Amritsar, India, on Oct. 1, 2020. India’s Rich Farmers Are Holding Up Reforms Designed to Help the Poor
Don’t listen to the activists. Millions of Indian farmers will benefit from Modi’s new laws.
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Young people march against climate change in Uganda. A Green Africa Is the Key to a Greener World
The United States won’t be a global leader in climate change until it works with African nations.
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Russian pipe-laying vessel near the Nord Stream 2 construction site. Biden Must Follow the Law and Sanction Nord Stream Now
Why has the administration been so half-hearted on a malign Russian influence project?
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The U.S. and Iranian flags are on stage. How a U.S.-Iran Deal Helps Red States
Republican districts stand to benefit most from the economic windfall that a revived JCPOA would bring.
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A German flag flutters at the stern of an excursion ship over the container gantry cranes of the Port of Hamburg on Oct. 26, 2018. We All Live in Germany’s World
How the German government accelerated the 20th century’s economic march toward neoliberalism.
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Then-Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden Making Peace With Iran and North Korea Could Be Good for U.S. Workers
Trump tied American jobs to endless wars in the Middle East. Biden should link them to renewed diplomacy.
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Turkish soldiers stand guard at the Silivri Prison and Courthouse complex in Silivri, Turkey, on Feb. 18, 2020. Turkish businessman Osman Kavala has been held in the prison since 2017. Erdogan’s Power Plays Turn to Profit Margins
The Turkish president is willing to tank the economy if it means he can quash his ideological opponents.
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Migrant domestic workers carry placards during a protest to abolish the kafala system in Beirut on May 5, 2019. Why Lebanon Can’t Kick Its Addiction to Indentured Labor
The country is almost bankrupt, but it still forks out on migrant workers under the heavily criticized kafala system.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the closing session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference in Beijing on March 10. China’s New Five-Year Plan Is a Disappointment
As domestic problems mount, Beijing’s planners are lowering expectations.
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Workers construct a double-decker suspension bridge across the Yangtze River in Wuhan, China on May 8, 2018. The Shrinking Chinese State
A look at Beijing’s spending suggests that Western fears of its influence may be misdirected.
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Farmers take part in a tractor rally as they continue to demonstrate against the central government’s recent agricultural reforms in New Delhi on Jan. 26. India’s Green Revolution Sowed the Seeds of Today’s Meltdown
Farmers are protesting against more than Modi’s agricultural laws. They’ll keep going until he understands that.
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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a call to congratulate the NASA Perseverance team on the successful Mars landing in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, on March 4. Biden’s Stimulus Is the Dawn of a New Economic Era
The United States’ massive relief package is more than a technocratic policy. It’s a democratic triumph.
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge join Prime Minister Boris Johnson and various heads of state and dignitaries at the U.K.-Africa Investment Summit at London’s Buckingham Palace on Jan. 20, 2020. Britain Shouldn’t Put Its Money on a Post-Brexit Rapprochement With Africa
Boris Johnson is looking to old U.K. colonies for trade deals, but his government can’t compete with China and won’t get far until it abandons its neocolonial attitudes.
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People visit the Nokia stand at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona on Feb. 26, 2019. The West Needs Champions
With China strongly backing its big national firms, the West should consider doing the same.
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A man walks past a billboard for the construction of an oil refinery and storage facility in the port city of Hambantota, Sri Lanka, on March 24, 2019. Chinese Belt and Road Investment Isn’t All Bad—or Good
As Sri Lanka shows, when it comes to Chinese debt, small states have agency and great powers have responsibilities.
