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Inflation is dominating the financial news headlines, and millions of Americans are really hurting from high prices for gas and food. The unemployment rate is still low, but some companies are announcing layoffs and hiring freezes, and it’s hard to see the light at the end of the economic tunnel. There are more questions than answers: What caused the highest inflation rate...

The industrial revolution and consequent terrible labor conditions sparked a wave of revolutions in Europe, and then a string of laws and protections for workers. As author and innovation expert Alec Ross describes it, we “rewrote the social contract.” But, Ross says, we may be due for another rewrite, as we transition from an industrial economy to one based on information...

Former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers says the recovery includes three stages: collapse, bounce-back, and slog. We’ve experienced collapse and bounce-back already. “Now we’re now headed for a slog,” he says.

As the US and China continue their trade war, economic instability is rising in countries around the world.

David Miliband thinks the refugee crisis is solvable. So how do we start?

NATO, Brexit, terrorism, and the rise of populism in Europe.

How can we stay safe in the increasingly tech-driven world?

For 60 years, the US government has been laying secret doomsday plans in the event of a nuclear war.

Jeffrey Sachs is distressed about the political and social atmosphere in the United States.

Fareed Zakaria explains how the populist ideology helped President Trump win the White House.

Kleptocracy presents a growing threat to US national security and international peace, as money laundering and other forms of public “grand corruption” increasingly undermine democracy, cripple development, weaken Western soft power, and accelerate state collapse.

How can ethical corporate culture benefit the bottom line and boost productivity?

Boris Johnson, Michael Bloomberg, and Walter Isaacson on cities and tech innovation.

Former US Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson has had unprecedented access to modern China’s political and business elite.