The Globalist

Discover how the polymath and Founding Father Benjamin Franklin gave shape to one of America’s most potent business concepts.

Has the world reached a point where all major nations are too troubled at home to engage meaningfully in foreign policy?

Is the dominance of Protestant thought in U.S. politics bound to be challenged?

What effects will the Romney candidacy have on President Obama’s positioning and political rhetoric?

Is the success of higher education in the United States dependent on debt?

Could the Germans actually be more “capitalist” than the Americans? Let’s consider drug prices.

How is it possible that today the Supreme Court marches backwards so steadfastly, given the supposedly self-restraining power of precedent?

What do two of the world’s most powerful institutions have in common?

Why are the investments Europe and the United States made in Greece and Afghanistan, respectively, failing to bear fruit?

How have today’s Europeans turned out to be the real practitioners of the American notion of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”?