The Globalist

A member of Britain’s House of Lords explores the sources of Tea Party anger.

Is the decline of the United States as an economic superpower inevitable? Or can it avoid the mistakes of past superpowers?

How was cheap labor key to turning Britain, Germany and the United States into industrial powers?

Why are so many U.S. corporations rushing to increase their presence in developing markets?

Why does specialization lead to an imbalance of payments — with some countries having net surpluses and others having net deficits?

How long will the world sustain large global economic imbalances?

How will Americans pay for all the deficits being created?

What development failures led to Africa becoming a dumping ground for the rich world’s secondhand goods?

Have we exaggerated the severity of the current financial crisis?

Are politicians and voters forgetting the positive economic changes under globalization?