What Obama Can Learn From Scotland
As the Scots begin tackling their rising incarceration problem, America should learn from them.
Global Struggles
China’s Third Plenum Endorses the “Decisive” Role of the Market — Unfortunately for China
The Third Plenary Meeting of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (the ‘Third Plenum’) took place November 9-13 in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing....
European Progress Toward a Financial Transactions Tax
Germany's major political parties have agreed on the need to impose a financial transactions tax (FTT) as part of a broad package of economic reforms to be undertaken by a...
To End Extreme Poverty, Let’s Try Ending Extreme Wealth
The world’s wealthy gathered in the Alps last week to discuss how to ‘solve’ our world’s toughest problems. The biggest? That, suggests one anti-poverty outfit, may be their fortunes.