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Capitalism’s operating system is due for a major upgrade. How that turns out depends on enormously consequential political choices.

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

Profs and Pints Alameda presents: “Trump, Trade Wars, and Globalization’s Future,” with Christopher M. Meissner, professor of economics at the University of California Davis and author of One from the...

Reviewed by Donald J. Boudreaux | The title of Christopher Meissner’s book on globalization is brilliantly appropriate: One From the Many. It’s a deliberate reference to the Latin phrase familiar to...

President Trump speaks fondly of William McKinley, the 25th U.S. president who was a strong advocate for tariffs. He's credited with helping to protect the fledgling tinplate industry in the late 19th...

Amid a recent surge in arguments that the global economy has begun to 'de-globalize,' a question has emerged: will globalization survive? In One from the Many, Christopher M. Meissner argues that glob...

The rich have always fascinated, sometimes in problematic ways. Medieval thinkers feared that the super-rich would act 'as gods among men'; much more recently Thomas Piketty made wealth cent...

The passing of Manmohan Singh on December 26, 2024, is an occasion to reflect on his remarkable role in changing the course of India’s economy. Singh served as prime minister of India during 2004–14, but he will be remembered mainly for his term as finance minister during 1991–96. In that role, Singh was responsible for the historic economic reforms—including opening and deregulating the economy—that unleashed much stronger growth and reduced poverty in India. These remarkable achievements deserve recognition and appreciation.

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The best books on Russia in the centuries before the Russian Revolution, recommended by author and historian Andrei Maylunas

2024 was billed as the 'year of elections' but calling it the 'year of economics' might have been more apt as incumbent governments around the world were kicked out by high inflation, poor wage…

2024 was billed as the 'year of elections' but calling it the 'year of economics' might have been more apt as incumbent governments around the world were kicked out by high inflation, poor wage growth...

The country’s first Sikh prime minister, he introduced free-market reforms that turned India into an economic powerhouse. He signed a nuclear deal with Washington and sought reconciliation with Pakist...