List of Economics articles
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Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen delivers remarks at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) on April 20, 2023 in Washington. America Has Dictated Its Economic Peace Terms to China
By refusing negotiation over China’s rise, the United States might be making conflict inevitable.
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Farmers harvest a wheat field in Ukraine's Kharkiv region on July 19, 2022, Wheat Is the New Fault Line for Ukraine in Europe
Eastern Europe is irate over imports of Ukrainian grain. That’s by design.
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Darren Woods, chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil, speaks during an international energy conference in Houston, Texas. Companies Thought They Could Ignore Geopolitics. Not Anymore.
Deglobalization is changing corporate behavior as boardrooms start paying attention to war.
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A man carries a shopping bag as a woman walks near him through a market selling vegetables on display. Tunisia Was Right to Reject the IMF Deal
A third bailout package will not provide long-term assurances for Tunisia’s economy and will exacerbate inequalities.
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A man works in a wheat field. he is seen hunching over the wheat crop. How to Prevent a Meltdown of the Global Food System
Last year’s collapse was averted. Here’s what we need to do to solve this year’s.
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A factory in Pomalaa, Indonesia. China Has Sewn Up a Critical Metals Market
U.S. companies are seeking Chinese partners for Indonesian nickel.
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French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to students at Sun Yat-sen University in China. Macron Said Out Loud What Europeans Really Think About China
Leaders in Washington need to face an uncomfortable truth: A self-reliant EU is a better partner than a dependent one.
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FENG LI/AFP/Getty Images Larry Summers: It’s Dangerous When Everyone Is a China Hawk
The former U.S. treasury secretary on competition with China and why he puts the chances of a recession at 70 percent.
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The Air Ship, MJ Player Exclusive, Game-Worn Sneaker Nike, 1984, on display during a press preview at Christie's New York. Adam Tooze: How Nike Made a Killing on Basketball Shoes
A branding deal with Michael Jordan in the 1980s has made billions of dollars for the company.
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Then-World Bank Group President David Malpass speaks at a briefing during the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings in Washington on April 13. The World Bank Is Still Failing the Poor
Poverty alleviation in the economically weakest parts of the world will require giving the poor a real seat at the table—which the World Bank has never done.
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The United States’ candidate to head the World Bank, Ajay Banga, visits an electricity plant financed by the World Bank in Yopougon, Ivory Coast, on March 7. The World Bank Won’t Succeed Until the West Pulls Its Weight
The development bank doesn’t have enough money to achieve its goals—unless it gets more creative with its balance sheet.
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A street in Tarlabasi, a lower-income neighborhood in Istanbul. Turkey’s Still Dealing With the Aftershocks—of Erdogan’s Economy
With elections on the horizon, Turkey is trying to stabilize its currency while also dealing with the economic aftershocks of a traumatic earthquake.
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A view from above shows part of the flooded town of Yusufeli in Turkey's Artvin province. Turkey’s Dams Bring Power and Heartbreak
Turkish villages are vanishing as the country boosts its reliance on hydropower.
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Housing structures in Khayelitsha, near Cape Town, South Africa, on April 21, 2022. Adam Tooze: The Mixed Record of South Africa’s Economy Since Apartheid
Its GDP has surged, but deep inequalities persist.
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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during a Q&A session with local business leaders during a visit to Coca-Cola HBC in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. Why Rishi Sunak’s Northern Ireland Deal Will Fail
London can please either Brussels or Belfast. It’s choosing Brussels.
