WASHINGTON, DC — COVID-19 infection rates are rising in much of the United States.

WASHINGTON, DC — The emergence of COVID-19, a new coronavirus, is a tragic public health emergency. The disease, one hopes, will be brought under control quickly, but the International Monetary Fund is already warning that economic growth in China may slow.

WASHINGTON, DC — Three primary factors determine economic prosperity: Human capital (the population’s education and skills); physical capital (the amount and quality of physical infrastructure, including machines, buildings, energy and transport); and technology (scientific knowl

WASHINGTON, DC — Since the end of World War II, the United States dollar has been at the heart of international finance and trade. Over the decades, and despite the many ups and downs of the global economy, the dollar retained its role as the world’s favorite reserve asset.

WASHINGTON, DC — The best way to think about the United Kingdom’s political predicament and presumed imminent exit from the European Union is to read the Slough House spy novel series by Mick Herron (the sixth installment, Joe Country, just appeared).

WASHINGTON, DC — Economic growth in the United States was just 2.5 per cent in 2018 and, according to the latest “advance” estimate, may have slowed to only 2.1 per cent in the second quarter of 2019.

WASHINGTON, DC — Around the world, the creation of good new jobs is increasingly concentrated in some of the largest cities. Innovative people want to work and live in close proximity to one another.

WASHINGTON, DC — To defeat populism requires coming to grips with a fundamental reality: bad economic policies no longer necessarily result in a government losing power.

WASHINGTON, DC — Populism is an approach to government that relies on lavish promises that ultimately cannot be met. The most prominent historical cases since 1945 were, for a long while, mostly found in Latin America.