US Economy

The U.S. economy experienced one of the productive and prosperous decades of its history in the 1990s. Then, very quickly and with little warning, it ground to a devastating halt....

Prestigious newspaper editor George Melloan, who worked for the Wall Street Journal for more than half a century, is no stranger to the wild ups and downs of the American and world economies....

While America is still reeling from the 2008 financial crisis, a high unemployment rate, and a surge in government debt, China's economy is the second largest in the world....

Just as Thomas Piketty offered a sweeping critique and progressive reassessment of capitalism, former World Bank Group chief financial officer Bertrand Badré looks at the destructive role finance played in the global economic crisis of 2007–2008 and offers a bold prescription for making it a force for good....

Economic theories and models shape our everyday lives. But are policy makers right to be so slavishly reliant on them? Tom Bergin is sceptical, and he subjects eight of the most prevalent economic mantras to close scrutiny....

Using dozens of vivid examples of how society overprescribed competition as a solution and when unbridled rivalry hurts consumers, kills entrepreneurship, and increases economic inequality, two free-market thinkers diagnose the sickness caused by competition overdose and provide remedies....

Barton Biggs was a Wall Street legend, trusted by investors around the globe. Now, in this, his last book, Biggs offers savvy insights into the innermost workings of the markets today and for the years to come....

In Powering Prosperity, Dr. Indranil Ghosh brings together his decades of experience as a sustainable economic development investor and an MIT-trained scientist to provide a new framework for understanding the world's challenges and the choices societies must make to address them....

How America’s biggest company began taking better care of its workers—and why such efforts will never be enough....

The financial crisis that crested in 2008 destroyed the credibility of the economic thinking that had guided policymakers for a generation. But what will take its place? Listen to find out....

A new movement is afoot that promises to save the world by applying the magic of the market to the challenges of social change. What's wrong with that?Almost everthing....

Investing with Impact: Why Finance Is a Force for Good outlines the roadmap to reinvigorate a skeptical public and demoralized financial services industry....

In 1966, two columnists joined Newsweek magazine. Their assignment: Debate the world of business and economics. Paul Samuelson was a towering figure in Keynesian economics. Milton Friedman championed "monetarism"....

The End of the Free Market details the growing phenomenon of state capitalism....

World 3.0 reveals how we're not nearly as globalized as we think we are, and how people around the world can secure their prosperity through new approaches to cross-border integration....

In America for Sale, Corsi explains the globalists' plan to put America on the chopping block....

Modern-day markets do not arise spontaneously or evolve naturally. Rather they are crafted by individuals, firms, and most of all, by governments. Steven Vogel builds his argument upon the recognition that all markets are crafted then systematically explores the implications for analysis and policy....

Edward D. Kleinbard explains how the public's preoccupation with tax policy alone has obscured any understanding of government's ability to complement the private sector....

As Matt Miller shows in this provocative and influential analysis, the American economy will turn the corner only if we move beyond these outdated ways of thinking....

What Should I Do with My Money? provides a sweeping look at how economies and markets are directly affected by the way people live, work, play, love, and hate: these issues, he explains, are the same ones that determine how groups, corporations, and nations make money or lose money....