Economy

Pay is on the ballot, and some workers are set to get a raise. Four states — Massachusetts, Missouri, California, and Alaska — all have some form of referendum on...

As the world wakes up after it is looking clear that  is headed for victory once again. Though not all votes are counted, Trump has taken the  of Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania....

As the nation waits for election results, voters weigh in on the issues and whether former president Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris will bring the kind of change...

The state of democracy and the economy in the United States were the top issues on the minds of voters as they cast ballots in the 2024 presidential election, according...

Taipei, Taiwan – Asia is bracing for disruption should American voters return Donald Trump to the White House, with his plans for sweeping tariffs threatening to hobble the region’s export-driven...

On the Ones and Tooze podcast, I discuss the world’s top news from an economic perspective with my erudite and voluble co-host: FP columnist Adam Tooze. That means that over...

School choice is a hotly debated issue — and it’s on the ballot in a few states. Colorado, Kentucky, and Nebraska are allowing residents to vote on school choice, which...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was on Monday confronted with the country’s struggling economy — and fended off the attack with a dig at neighboring Romania. Socialist parliamentarian Imre Komjáthi...

A year into his war on Ukraine, Russian leader Vladimir Putin told his country that its new focus on weapons production wouldn’t tank its economy. “There is a well-known phrase:...

Taichung, Taiwan – When Li Wei took over the running of his father’s glass-making business in northern China’s Cangzhou in 2020, he immediately set about optimising the firm’s operations. Li...