Is Italy in danger of finding itself outside the umbrella of nations Germany and its partners are willing to support?
France’s Epoch-Making Choice
Will Francois Hollande choose to make France like Germany or to make France like Italy?
Bureaucracy as a Root of American Prosperity
Remember how the U.S. government blazed the trail of innovation, societal progress and modernization in the United States?
The Editor and His Dog: A Tribute
What’s a writer to do when he’s looking for the next great idea or opening line?
The United States and the EU: Capitalisms Compared
Which model of corporate governance is doing a better job of striking a balance between the needs of business and the need of society, the U.S.’s or the EU’s?
Martin Luther and the Eurozone: Theology as an Economic Destiny?
Could Martin Luther’s life have provided a suitable rule of thumb to identify which countries should be in the eurozone and which should not?
The Tragedy of Turkish Food
How might Turkey’s relations with Europe be different if it had engaged in food diplomacy?
After the French Elections: The Potential Benefits of Hollande
With the election of François Hollande, could France be in for a repeat of its transformative early-1980s experience?
Benjamin Franklin, America’s First Franchiser?
Discover how the polymath and Founding Father Benjamin Franklin gave shape to one of America’s most potent business concepts.
Domestic Incapacitation and Foreign Policymaking
Has the world reached a point where all major nations are too troubled at home to engage meaningfully in foreign policy?























