Is Islam fundamentally incompatible with democracy? Time and again events compel us to ask this question. And yet it is a question that obscures more...

When the stakes are high, it is no surprise that battling political opponents use whatever support they can garner from economists and other researchers...

The world does not another development bank but greater leadership on global issues.

There was a time when we economists steered clear of politics. We viewed our job as describing how market economies work or fail and how well-designed...

As if the economic ramifications of a full-blown Greek default were not terrifying enough, the political consequences could be far worse. A chaotic...

Next year will mark the 100th anniversary of Milton Friedman’s birth. He will be remembered primarily as the visionary who provided the intellectual...

Egypt and Tunisia have just sent a sobering message to China and other authoritarian regimes around the world: Don't count on economic progress to keep...

Putin and other authoritarian leaders understand the reputational risk of their policies well. What they understand less well, however, is that their politics...