The Globalist

There are about 500 Million-People cities worldwide. How many does China have?
A – 45, B – 58, C – 105 or D – 148?

New York and the role of urban economies in the United States and the world.

For China, the dramatic economic milestone in 2014 represents a return to past glory.

On one metric, China will still trail the U.S. economy for the rest of this century.

Are U.S. women still leading OECD nations in workforce participation?

One large country and one small country both struggle with modern slavery.

The Boko Haram insurgency is worsening an already-grave problem facing Nigeria.

154 years after the abolition of serfdom, Russia is Europe’s most slave-holding nation, in modern terms.

10 facts on modern slavery in India and beyond.

Tokyo stands above the rest as the world’s largest metropolitan economy.