New, possibly surprising, results from North Carolina and Kansas show that cutting unemployment benefits might provide a better boost to economic growth than cutting taxes.

There’s nothing inevitable about the brain drain of America’s best and brightest to the big cities. Some small-town Mayors report that they’ve had great success luring top talent away from places like New York and DC.

Nicaragua approved plans for a Chinese-built rival to the Panama Canal on Monday, with construction to begin by the end of the year.

Swiss banks that have signed up for a Justice Department program on tax evasion are threatening to freeze the accounts of US customers who do not demonstrate compliance with US tax laws.

Not every creditor in the Argentinian bond cases is a titan of commerce.

Puerto Rico’s state-owned energy company is in dire straits, and creditors are getting ready for a tough fight.

A newly competent Ukrainian military suggests that a competent Ukrainian state will emerge when the dust settles. But funding by oligarchs may bode ill for its ongoing struggles with corruption.

WRM writes in the World Post that while today isn’t quite 1914, the world is more deeply unsettled, and exhibits more parallels to that fateful year, than one would like.

Vaccines are now so expensive that doctors have stopped offering them to children, even while federal laws require children must be vaccinated before attending school. Corruption and rent-seeking pervade the story of how we got here.

Iran suffered its first acknowledged military casualty of the war in the Fertile Crescent. As the Administration continues to ponder its options, events are accelerating.