List of Economics articles
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Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (R) attends a press conference with Josep Borrell, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (L) at the foreign ministry headquarters in Iran's capital Tehran on June 25, 2022. The West Must Do More to Prevent Conflict With Iran
Washington is right to counter Iran's brutality at home and abroad, but that shouldn't stop it from engaging with an adversary to preserve regional peace.
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U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai in her office in Washington The White House’s Case for Industrial Policy
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai counters critics who say the United States is fostering unfair competition.
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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on developing infrastructure jobs in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Nov. 2, 2022. The Silver Lining of Biden’s ‘New Protectionism’
U.S. investment in left-behind places doesn’t have to be a threat to Europe’s own economic prospects.
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People protest French President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform plan. France’s Labor Pains
Despite more than a month of paralyzing strikes, France’s unions are bleeding members, influence, and prestige.
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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks with dignitaries and employees at U.S. technology company ViaSat in Carlsbad, California, on Nov. 4, 2022. The Risks of the CHIPS Act No One’s Talking About
Governments are almost endlessly prone to throwing good money after bad.
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This aerial photo taken on September 26, 2022 shows an image welcoming the 20th Communist Party Congress, created by growing red sorghum, in a field in Hangzhou, in China's eastern Zhejiang province. China’s Farmland Is in Serious Trouble
Local governments are desperate to balance the books with land sales.
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Gautam Adani speaks at an investor summit in Gandhinagar, India, on Jan. 12, 2011. Gautam Adani and the New Indian Capitalism
The businessman has roots in Gujarat, but he resembles past Southeast Asian tycoons who formed monopolies through political patronage.
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Brokers talk under a stock exchange board. Adam Tooze: How Poland Became an Economic Powerhouse
Its economy has skyrocketed since the end of communism, but so has its wealth disparity.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a concert marking Defender of the Fatherland Day at Luzhniki stadium in Moscow on Feb. 22. Russia Sanctions: 10 Lessons and Questions for What Comes Next
What has the West learned from one year of unprecedented economic sanctions?
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Vanessa Pappas (C), chief operating officer for TikTok, listens during a U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing regarding social media's impact on homeland security, on Sept. 14, 2022, in Washington, D.C. Why the U.S. Should Not Ban TikTok
The ban would hurt Americans—and there are better ways to protect their data.
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Adani crisis in India The Adani Crisis Is Exactly What India Needs
The scandal may rattle India’s elite just enough to jump-start long-neglected reforms.
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Rickshaws drive past a campaign billboard for Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi and other party candidates along a road in Kano, northwestern Nigeria, on Feb. 8. What Nigeria’s Next President Can Learn From China
The country’s hope lies in the example of a rapidly reforming China at the turn of the 1980s.
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Soldiers operate a howitzer during a military drill in Nangan, Taiwan. China Is Practicing How to Sever Taiwan’s Internet
The cutoff of the Matsu Islands may be a dry run for further aggression.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during the opening session of the 20th Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 16, 2022. China’s Checkbook Diplomacy Has Bounced
China can make friends or break legs. It can’t do both.
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The unveiling of a bronze statue of Scottish economist, philosopher and author Adam Smith Why Is Adam Smith Still So Popular?
The 18th-century Scottish economist has come to play a uniquely controversial role in U.S. political and economic life.
