Sven Beckert’s epic history of trade identifies the ceaseless generation of wealth as the driving force behind capitalism’s ...
In a bold new history, Sven Beckert traces the origins of our modern economy, from global port cities to the halls of power.
The brilliant and late economic historian Angus Maddison estimated that India was the world's largest economy for a staggering one and a half millennia. China surpassed India by 1820 but they remained ...
The world economy has proven surprisingly durable in the face of President Donald Trump’s trade wars, the Organization for ...
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 ...
President Joe Biden on Tuesday said he is bequeathing President-elect Donald Trump what he described as “the strongest economy in modern history” and “the envy of the world” while warning that efforts ...
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 ...
The ongoing government shutdown isn’t just the longest in American history. It’s likely the most damaging, too. Historically, the economic damage from shutdowns is fleeting, quickly reversing when the ...