The Globalist

How the German Chancellor turns big political crises into major reforms. After the NSA scandal, it’s data privacy.

Will the U.S. lead in technological innovation falter if the government can’t reap some of the rewards from its successful investments?

Is the United States’ anti-regulation stance undermining its global power position?

How is an increasingly dilapidated San Francisco symbolic of the challenges facing the United States?

Why do social buying websites owe much to the Japanese practice of deflation?

How will the United States deal with the fissures created by globalization and meritocracy?

What actions could the U.S. Congress take on immigration that would have profound economic impacts?

What global image problems is Microsoft encountering — thanks to the U.S. government?

What makes the California-based search engine so successful?