The Globalist

New York and the role of urban economies in the United States and the world.

For China, the dramatic economic milestone in 2014 represents a return to past glory.

On one metric, China will still trail the U.S. economy for the rest of this century.

A young Myanmarese boy takes the helm of his father’s boat.

Are U.S. women still leading OECD nations in workforce participation?

Seven decades since the end of World War II, do U.S. women still lead in workforce participation rates?

The Tzotzil people of southern Mexico survive off land the government wants to repossess.

One large country and one small country both struggle with modern slavery.

The Boko Haram insurgency is worsening an already-grave problem facing Nigeria.

154 years after the abolition of serfdom, Russia is Europe’s most slave-holding nation, in modern terms.