The Globalist

Why are Republicans siding with Trump’s trade war? Is it because they are dead-set against the European economic model which seeks social balance?

Current trends in demographics and national budgets will leave the elderly of the future in dire straits.

Key figures on poverty in the United States, five decades after President Johnson launched his “war.”

Why we need a Coffee Party movement.

Why are care workers for the elderly, the disabled and children being given short shrift in the debate over U.S. immigration reform?

Can China’s cities by 2030 really accommodate one billion residents — equal to one in every eight people on the planet?

Can the trend toward more factionalism, tribalism and fragmentation in American political life be reversed?

Does the United States have a stellar credit record — or is it a nation of deadbeats?

Has Scandinavia’s emphasis on fairness and social cohesion made its economies more resilient to Europe’s crisis?

True or false: The U.S. and European welfare states are a whole lot closer in size than is commonly thought?