List of Economics articles
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A close-up photograph shows an electronic wafer magnified in a circular frame, with the different small components of the chip shown in shades of red, yellow, blue, and green. Can Taiwan’s Chip Giant Make Nice With Trump?
TSMC is weighing its options after tariff threats.
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A man walks past a billboard by vegan beverage-maker Oatly that reads: "Germany needs your vote," in Berlin. Now That Trump Is Done With Europe, Will Germany Step Up?
That question has taken center stage in the German election.
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A photo illustration shows Trump pointing a finger a downward economic indicator. The Bad Economics of Bullying
Why the schoolyard tactic doesn’t make sense as a foreign-policy strategy.
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Jack Ma frowns as he looks up. Behind him are purple and black stripes. Jack Ma Is Back, but Beijing Is in Control
Alibaba is trying to reshape itself to match Xi Jinping’s ambitions.
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A person's hand is visible as they hold a sign up in front of the marble columns of the U.S. Treasury Department beneath a pale gray sky. The sign is printed in bold text and says: "It's Musk or us. Whose side are you on?" Should We Worry About DOGE Controlling the U.S. Payment System?
The payments that it processes amount to a quarter of U.S. GDP.
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An illustration shows a circular fortress made of shipping containers surrounding a U.S. flag on a pole. What Makes Trump’s Tariffs Different This Time Around?
A guide to the history and future of U.S. protectionism.
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An Ethiopian man stirs coffee inside a coffee shop in the northern Ethiopian city of Mekele. A Brief History of Coffee and Colonialism
And why coffee prices are surging in commodity markets.
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Shipping containers are organized at the Port of Houston Authority in Houston, Texas. Trump’s Trade Wars Are Self-Defeating
The economic own goals are bad. The strategic backfires are worse.
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A group of about two dozen people, mostly women in long dresses and headscarves and their children, stand in front of a hut constructed from logs and a roof of dried grass. Banners affixed to the side of the building label it as a "USAID Integrated Life-Saving VASH and Nutrtition Support" clinic. Several of the women have their hands on their hips as they wait, and one woman crouches on the ground, holding her face in her hands with an expression of despair or frustration. U.S.-Africa Policy Should Be Driven by Trade, Not Aid
Washington’s focus on development assistance and democracy promotion has failed. Relationships based on commercial engagement are the answer.
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Garment packages sit piled at a textile factory that supplies clothes to fast-fashion company Shein in Guangzhou, China. Trump Accidentally Sowed Chaos at the Post Office
Closing the littlest loophole proved to have big consequences.
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A view of the entrance of the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange (B3) in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil, on December 17, 2024. Brazil’s Slow-Burning Economic Crisis Might Be the U.S. Future
Fiscal discipline is easy to promise and hard to stick to.
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A woman with a rolling bag poses in front of a train with a panda mural on it as another woman takes her photo with a cell phone. South Korea Has More Leverage Over China Than You Think
The middle power has found a way to survive without bending the knee to Beijing.
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Commercial trucks cross the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge border crossing into the United States in Niagara Falls, Canada. How Trump’s Tariff Policy Will Shape the World
China is fighting back, but other countries will struggle to respond.
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The book cover for Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare America’s Economic Warfare Is Sowing Its Own Demise
A new book provides insight into the unintended consequences of U.S. sanctions.
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A caricature titled "The Rhodes Colossus" depicts the imperialist Cecil Rhodes standing on a map of Africa. Elon Musk Is America’s Cecil Rhodes
It’s not the first time that liberal capitalism has retreated—and predatory capitalists have filled the void.
