While shifting energy import patterns enhance China’s clout in the Middle East, it is still struggling to be perceived as a big regional player.
After Mugabe: Zimbabweans Hope for a Better Life

Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe could use its bountiful natural resources to usher in a new era.
Filipino Climate Bonds, Here We Come

Bridging the gap between capital-rich and capital-needing countries.
Trade Deals Must Allow for Regulating Finance

Instead of pushing for cross-border financial deregulation, the United States should learn from other nations’ safeguards.
U.S. Housing Recovery: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

Is the U.S. housing market finally in recovery or are investors manipulating it again?
Is Asia’s Economic Miracle Over?

After the excitement of rapid growth in the 1990s and 2000s, what do Asia’s prospects look like now?
American Disingenuousness: Jack Lew Goes to Europe

Why is the U.S. Treasury Secretary urging Europe to adopt the same borrow-and-spend policies that got the United States into so much fiscal trouble?
Putting Finance Back in the Box
What can be done to make finance serve interests of the real economy?
Rethinking American Capitalism
Can the United States transform its consumption- and credit-based economy to one based on investment and saving?