Wheels of change
2011-10-07 10:07:53
The process of industrial transformation using automation is gathering momentum across the country.
Robots need the loving attention
2011-10-07 10:07:53
Research and investment are key factors in automating production, but that is not enough.
Paying (for) attention
2011-09-22 17:29:38
It is fashionable nowadays to talk about personal attention as a commodity or even a currency. But attention is neither: it can be bought and sold, to some extent, but it cannot be traded to third parties, and it is not entirely fungible.
Closing America's growth deficit
2011-09-22 17:23:46
As the US economy continues to sputter three years after the financial crisis erupted with full force, it has become clear that the US cannot recover strongly without a change in the mix of domestic and foreign components of total aggregate demand.
Rethinking the fight against HIV
2011-09-19 16:52:42
Thirty years after the discovery of HIV/AIDS, we have seen impressive scientific and policy advances. But HIV/AIDS remains a daily threat to millions, stunts development, and destroys far too many lives.
The crisis of fiscal imagination
2011-09-13 17:38:29
Greedy banks, bad economic ideas, incompetent politicians: there is no shortage of culprits for the economic crisis in which rich countries are engulfed.
Europe on the verge of a political breakdown
2011-09-13 14:29:44
Europe is again on the precipice. The most recent Greek rescue is on the brink of collapse. The crisis of confidence has infected the eurozone's big countries. The euro's survival and, indeed, that of the European Union hang in the balance.
The eurozone's strength in disunity
2011-09-06 15:52:25
For months, an increasingly frenetic, even apocalyptic, debate about the fate of the euro has been the major driver of global instability. Can Europe's common currency survive?
Ten years after the mouse roared
2011-09-02 14:08:06
At least for America, perhaps the most important lesson of 9/11 is that US foreign policy should follow the counsel given by President Dwight Eisenhower a half-century ago: Do not get involved in land wars of occupation, and focus on maintaining the strength of the American economy.
Will the IMF stand up to Europe?
2011-09-02 14:07:42
As the eurozone crisis continues to deepen, the International Monetary Fund may finally be acknowledging the need to reassess its approach.
David Cameron's great expectations
2011-09-02 14:00:28
In the wake of the riots in England, Prime Minister David Cameron has proposed reviving children’s courts, urged harsh sentences for convicts, and floated even more odious ideas. We already know where such measures would lead the country.
China's new currency policy
2011-08-29 15:03:08
The Chinese government may be about to let the renminbi-dollar exchange rate rise more rapidly in the coming months than it did during the past year. There are two fundamental reasons: reducing its portfolio risk and containing domestic inflation.