News Analysis
A Crowded Market
Is Iran the Real Target of Saudi Oil Inaction?

Riyadh hasn’t cut production to stop the recent plunge in global oil prices. Is Tehran the primary target of that strategy?

National Accounting
Costs and Benefits Amid Rapid Technological Change

There is a serious case for thinking much harder about how to measure living standards, real incomes, and inequality in a world of rapid technological change.

Modinomics
Economic Reforms Smothered in Their Cradle?

The end of the legislative session in India’s parliament leaves Modi’s three biggest reforms dead in the water.

Crude Economics
Russia’s Energy Outlook Keeps Getting Dimmer

Sanctions and bargain oil prices are hamstringing Moscow’s ability to plan for its energy future.

Getting Schooled
Labor Shortages Leading Schools to Drop Teacher Certification

Schools nationwide are dropping certification requirements to make up for a teacher shortage. This may not be such a bad thing.

The Left and Islam
Pakistani Brit Calls Out Lefty Indulgence of Islamism

Sometimes the simplest truths take the most courage to say.

Crude Economics
Some Shale Still Profits at $30

Historically low oil prices aren’t crippling the shale industry the way many predicted they would.

identity forever
In America, Identity Trumps Class

Identity has always trumped class in American history, and probably always will.

Whither Turkey?
Turkey Headed for New Elections

AKP-CHP talks break down, leaving Turkey facing uncertainty at home and war abroad.

Battle for Ukraine
War and Impending Financial Disaster for Ukraine?

Ukraine’s war against the separatist fighters in the east isn’t going well, and recent flareups of violence dim the prospects of the Minsk 2 ceasefire taking hold.

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