Sven Beckert’s epic history of trade identifies the ceaseless generation of wealth as the driving force behind capitalism’s ...

In April, 1968, a consequential meeting took place in the Villa Farnesina, a stately Roman home built for Pope Julius II’s treasurer and adorned with frescoes by Raphael. The conveners were Alexander ...

A century ago, the Republican Congress passed the Fordney–McCumber Tariff of 1922. This post-First World War effort to protect the United States from German competition and rescue business from ...

Rising national debt in the U.S., China, and Japan poses a significant risk to global financial markets, potentially triggering a sovereign debt default. GLD and precious metals are considered hedges ...

Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates. Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for Fast Company The billionaire investor believes we are in a critical moment of global economic history. Just as the ...

The clouds are beginning to part. The global economy begins the final descent toward a soft landing, with inflation declining steadily and growth holding up. But the pace of expansion remains slow, ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -The world should watch out for three possible bubbles in financial markets, including artificial intelligence, the head of the World Economic Forum said on Wednesday, in comments ...

This panel at the "World Economic Forum" annual meeting in Davos unpacks the consequences of President Trump's 2024 election victory. Trump is expected to address the gathering tomorrow. Former ...

Despite the expanding role of services in the global economy, economic history has paid little attention to their geographic localization. This paper provides a description of the increasing ...

You’re reading The Financial Page, John Cassidy’s weekly column on economics and politics. Hours before Donald Trump met with Xi Jinping in South Korea last week, I sat down with Dani Rodrik, an ...

The software update that hobbled large swaths of the world Friday also sent a shock wave through the global business and financial systems, reminiscent of the sudden early pandemic closures. However, ...

Herbert Hoover signed the retaliatory Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, and it only made the Great Depression worse. Mark Benedict Barry Library of Congress Protectionism doesn’t work, and history ...