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Alexander Hamilton's eurozone tour

[2012-03-07 13:50]

Europe's debt crisis has piqued Europeans' interest in American precedents for federal finance. For many, Alexander Hamilton has become a contemporary hero.

America's Islamic blind spots

[2012-03-01 17:37]

While Obama should continue to apologize for the Koran burnings, we must understand that Afghans' rage is a response to an even deeper, rawer wound.

Europe's empty fiscal compact

[2012-02-28 14:49]

The driving force of Europe's economic policy is the "European project" of political integration.

The nation-state reborn

[2012-02-14 16:41]

One of our era's foundational myths is that globalization has condemned the nation-state to irrelevance.

When women lead

[2012-02-13 15:56]

Would the world be more peaceful if women were in charge? A challenging new book by the Harvard University psychologist Steven Pinker says that the answer is "yes."

Europe's tobin tax distraction

[2012-02-13 15:47]

At last, European leaders have revealed their top-secret plan for solving the euro's crisis.

Coronary capitalism

[2012-02-03 17:07]

A systematic and broad failure of regulation is the elephant in the room when it comes to reforming today's Western capitalism.

Answering Iran

[2012-01-29 13:16]

Indeed, the only certainty may be that Iran's nuclear program will be a major international issue in 2012 – quite possibly the most important one.

Leaderless global governance

[2012-01-17 17:46]

The world economy is entering a new phase, in which achieving global cooperation will become increasingly difficult.

How to create a depression

[2012-01-17 14:27]

European political leaders may be about to agree to a fiscal plan which, if implemented, could push Europe into a major depression.

Charisma we can believe in

[2012-01-11 16:59]

In the 2008 US presidential election, the press told us that Obama won because he had "charisma" – the special power to inspire fascination and loyalty.

The emperor's new climate-change agreement

[2012-01-11 16:55]

Dressing up failure as victory has been integral to climate-change negotiations since they started 20 years ago. The latest round of talks in Durban, South Africa, in December was no exception.

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