The Globalist

A different case for higher U.S. taxes on the ultra-rich.

Brazil must act decisively to become a leader or be relegated to an object of history.

Amid recovery, U.S. income inequality is still on the rise.

Evidence that America isn’t working well for its people.

The U.S. Congress is redefining the phrase “idle rich” during the government shutdown.

What percentage of Americans actually owns stock?

Chinese corruption and bureaucracy remain challenges for foreign businesspeople.

Why is combating tax evasion so important in the globalization debate?

China’s rich-poor (and urban-rural) divide is looking more and more like the West’s.

The consumer class is on the rise globally. Why is earning $10 a day a global economic pivot point?