The Globalist

When it came to women working, the United States once led. Now it lags.

Americans have traded jobs in manufacturing for jobs in the service sector.

Women left the workforce in droves after the last U.S. recession. So far, they haven’t come back.

Realism needs to prevail in Kiev, but the prospects aren’t that dim.

India faces a large gender divide when it comes to literacy rates.

Literacy rates among young people are improving.

Adult literacy rates have been improving year on year since the 1950s.

Since 1990, China’s literacy rate has been rapidly improving.

How trade and investment can overcome a treacherous historical legacy.

France’s cost of labor and goods is actually on track with EU goals. Germany’s is way out of line.