Commentary / World Nov 10, 2018

Scientists spend too much time on the old

Spending billions on a huge particle collider won't give us the breakthrough discoveries we need.

Business Nov 7, 2018

U.S. taxpayers count the cost of Foxconn's artful deal in Wisconsin

Whatever Americans were hoping for when they elected Donald Trump president in 2016, it's a fair bet that it didn't include shoveling billions of dollars of American taxpayer money to foreign companies to build white-elephant factories. But it looks as if that is what's happening ...

Commentary / World Oct 9, 2018

A Nobel reminder of why research matters so much

Co-winner of the 2018 economics Nobel Prize, Paul Romer shows how new discoveries create a virtuous cycle of growth.

Commentary / Japan Sep 25, 2018

How Abe should spend the next three years

The country still needs to reform its labor market, deal with an aging population and press for gender equality.

Commentary / World Sep 6, 2018

Economists gear up to challenge the monopolies

Excessive market concentration lets companies take a bigger slice of the pie at the expense of workers.

Commentary / World Sep 1, 2018

Should shareholders always come first?

Elizabeth Warren wants to make companies also consider workers, customers and local communities.

Commentary / Japan Aug 27, 2018

Japan's baby bust is an opening for experimentation

When nothing works, it's time to go try something bold and unconventional.

Commentary / Japan Jul 31, 2018

Japan is going global as America looks inward

A new book explores how the country can be a bigger player on the world stage.

Commentary / World Jul 29, 2018

Trump is fighting the wrong kind of trade wars

Aside from China, the U.S. president is aiming his fire in the wrong direction.