Economics

In Search of Merbama

Will Barack Obama's wooing of the German chancellor pay dividends in November?

BY KAREN LEIGH | JUNE 20, 2012

Does Obama Have a Strategy for Africa?

Not yet.

BY JOHN NORRIS | JUNE 19, 2012

The Exclusion Zone

G-20 leaders are out of ideas and out of touch. No wonder their citizens are so angry.

BY MICHAEL J. CASEY | JUNE 19, 2012

Flirting with Disaster

Is Greece a failed state?

BY PATRICIA TAFT | JUNE 19, 2012

Asia's Next Tiger

President Aquino's anti-corruption program is just what the Philippines economy needs.

BY GREG RUSHFORD | JUNE 19, 2012

For Multilateralism, Is This the Dark Moment Before the Dawn?

Let's hope so.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | JUNE 18, 2012

Drachmail and the New Democrats

Can Germany's Angela Merkel hold fast against Greek brinksmanship?

BY BENJAMIN WEINTHAL | JUNE 18, 2012

How Is Energy Remaking the World?

To navigate the complicated new politics of oil and gas, FP asked the author of The Quest and leading U.S. energy historian to help shape our latest survey -- and guide us through the results.

BY DANIEL YERGIN | JULY/AUGUST 2012

Think Again: The American
Energy Boom

Yes, oil and gas made in the USA is surging. But does that really liberate us from the Middle East?

BY MICHAEL LEVI | JULY/AUGUST 2012

Are All States Failing States?

Every unstable country is unstable in its own way.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | JULY/AUGUST 2012

Wealth of Nations

It's time to stop calling countries like Brazil and China "developing". They're just rich.

BY CHARLES KENNY | JULY/AUGUST 2012

Epiphanies from C. Fred Bergsten

The veteran economist and Washington power-player on China, currency wars, and working with Henry Kissinger.

INTERVIEW BY DANIEL W. DREZNER | JULY/AUGUST 2012

Egypt’s Subsidy Blues

When Egypt's next rulers finally tackle urgently needed economic reform, they should look to an unlikely model: Iran.

BY PETER PASSELL | JUNE 15, 2012

China's Coal Country

Scenes from China's rust-belt, the engine of the country's meteoric rise.

JUNE 14, 2012

Greeks Don't Want a Grexit

The pundits say that Greece will have to drop the euro after Sunday's election. But that's not what the Greek people want.

BY LOUIS KLAREVAS | JUNE 14, 2012

12 Signs of the Europocalypse

From the Chinese buying spree to the rise of extremism, here's what to watch for as the continent teeters on the brink of disaster.

BY DOUGLAS REDIKER, DAVID GORDON | JUNE 12, 2012

Powder Keg

What will it take to push Russians over the edge?

BY JULIA IOFFE | JUNE 12, 2012

Greece's MAD Strategy

When faced with the nuclear option of a Grexit, will Germany blink?

BY THOMAS WRIGHT | JUNE 11, 2012

Africa Takes Off

Sub-Saharan Africa is starting to shed its reputation as an economic laggard. The West should pay attention.

BY G. PASCAL ZACHARY | JUNE 11, 2012

How the Electric, Self-Driving Miracle Car Will Change Your Life

And save the world.

BY STEVEN KOPITS | JUNE 8, 2012

This Week at War: An Arms Race America Can’t Win

The United States has no chance in ship-for-ship showdown with China. Luckily, it shouldn't have to have one.

BY ROBERT HADDICK | JUNE 8, 2012

How America Can Lead the Global Economy

What I learned at Bain Capital working with Mitt Romney: outsourcing is good and America's future isn't manufacturing, it's ideas. 

BY EDWARD CONARD | JUNE 7, 2012

Something's Rotten in Athens

Scenes from a failing economy.

BY TIMOTHY FADEK | JUNE 6, 2012

The Financial Guns of August

Is it too late to stop Europe's impending economic disaster?

BY JOHN QUIGGIN | JUNE 5, 2012

Stimulate This

Three big ways to jump-start the U.S. economy.

BY DANIEL ALTMAN | JUNE 4, 2012

The World in Photos This Week

An  ex-president is convicted, England celebrates, and Angela Merkel feeds a penguin.

JUNE 1, 2012

Betting on a Cambodian Spring

Why Cambodia’s opposition faces a steep uphill battle in its effort to oust Prime Minister Hun Sen.

BY THOMAS MANN MILLER | JUNE 1, 2012

The Window is Closing for Riyadh

The oil won’t last forever -- so Saudi Arabia’s government has to reform its economy if it wants to survive.

BY ROBERT LOONEY | JUNE 1, 2012

Grexit? Spexit? Let's Call the Whole Thing Off

Everyone wants southern Europe's troubled economies to go their own way, except for the people who live there.

BY EDWARD HUGH | MAY 31, 2012

The Curious Case of Benjamin Netanyahu

Will Israel’s prime minister turn out to be a great man, or just a great maneuverer?

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | MAY 30, 2012