Do Americans — who have a conflicted attitude toward government — realize the economic power that Abraham Lincoln wielded?

Does the United States have a stellar credit record — or is it a nation of deadbeats?

Is the United States’ anti-regulation stance undermining its global power position?

How does Europe exercise world power? Isn’t doing it away from military battlefields a truly modern form of global leadership?

Will the political class of India step up or will the Indians themselves need to reform government and rid it of corruption?

How could a nation become the world’s second-fastest growing economy despite having a weak, flailing state?

When it comes to economic growth, is the United States more like China or like Europe?

As long as there is a surplus of illiterate poor women, why would millions of poor households in India switch from using firewood and animal dung for fuel?

What’s the historical background of Congressional negotiations over domestic debt?

Are human brains hardwired to recognize some groups of people as friends and others as enemies?