Who still remembers that, before the advent of modern financial capitalism, power was wielded in much starker ways?
The State of Finance: An Interim Assessment
What can be done so that financial capitalism is a source not of disasters, but of true human progress and democratization?
The Nordic Model’s Economic Appeal
The Nordic model has been hailed for its social successes. But does it make good economic sense?
Individualism and Civility: 2012 Reflections on de Tocqueville’s 1831 America
Do Americans still do justice to the ideals of individualism that Alexis de Tocqueville believed were embodied by U.S. society?
Facebook — Not a Disaster, Just a Tale of Old-Fashioned Greed
What were the motivations for Facebook’s owners and investment bank advisors taking the company public?
A Brief History of Global Anchor Currencies
How can dominant economic powers of their time use their currencies to gain cheap financing from abroad?
Moving Toward a Smarter World
Will the explosion of data be to the 21st-century economy what electricity was to the 19th?
Putin and Russia’s Big Business: From Unstable Stability to Stable Instability?
Will Putin’s third presidential term be one of growing political and economic risk?
Reinventing Banking After the Jamie Dimon Flameout
Is the current financial landscape too complex for any self-styled J.P. Morgan to master?
The Editor and His Dog: A Tribute
What’s a writer to do when he’s looking for the next great idea or opening line?























