The pace of US business investment has fallen by about 50% over the past 50 years. Idle capacity, not cautious executives, explains the decline, research suggests.
Earth is “fucked” and our insatiable growth economy is to blame. So argues Naomi Klein in her intentionally provocative best-seller This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate. Klein is the latest…
The United States spends very little on foreign aid relative to the size of its economy.
These days people prefer to simply have access to goods and services, rather than outright owning them. But what does this mean for the future of consumerism?
As President Trump puts U.S. foreign aid on the chopping block, few Americans know much about it. Perhaps even fewer realize that the U.S. lags behind its peers on this front.
Headlines about China’s supposed downward spiral are everywhere, and markets have swooned, yet there are many reasons for optimism.
President Obama arrived in Beijing Monday to participate in this week’s meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. He will have talks with China’s president Xi Jinping on the fringes…
The ride-sharing app means different things in different countries. In Karachi and Lahore, it has highlighted economic inequalities.
There’s a lot at stake in the May 14 presidential election. Will Turkey continue to be ruled by a populist Islamist government or return to a path of secular democratization?
Most Americans actually agree on key issues, including reproductive rights, firearms laws and climate change.
