As Indonesia hosts a number of high-level summits this year, it looks set to take its place among the world's economic superstars.

Is globalization to blame for rising unemployment and income inequality in the United States?

Over the past three decades, Washington has consistently favored the rich -- and the more wealth accumulates in a few hands at the top, the more influence and favor the rich acquire, making it easier for them and their political allies to cast off restraint without paying a social price.

Is China poised to take over from the United States as the world's leading economy?

Sure, China's economic growth has been unprecedented, even miraculous. But the country is unlikely to keep up its breakneck pace.

Obama's former auto czar explains the key to Germany's export boom -- and how the United States can emulate it.

Washington claims that the country's borders are more secure than ever, but the truth is that no one knows for sure.

Jobs growth was slow in May, renewing pessimism about the U.S. economy.

The United States' fiscal future depends on whether the country can limit health-care costs.

Many economists argue that global financial imbalances fueled the recent recession. To prevent future crises, world leaders are trying to even out the balance sheet.

Clean energy was supposed to create jobs while reducing energy insecurity, global warming, and the U.S. trade deficit.

The upheavals in the Middle East have much in common with the recent global financial crisis: both were plausible worst-case scenarios whose probability was dramatically underestimated.

As the United States' relative power declines, will the open and rule-based liberal international order Washington has championed since the 1940s start to erode? Probably not.

European politicians are worried about managing fiscal stabilization, but strict spending limits could destroy what little is left of the EU's political legitimacy.

It is time to face reality: the current round of multilateral trade talks is doomed.

The American version of capitalism is no longer dominant around the world.

The aftermath of the Great Depression saw a burst of competitive currency devaluations and protectionism that undermined confidence in an open global economy.

The current debate over quantitative easing overlooks the important question of domestic economic strategy in both the developed and developing world.

In the wake of the financial crisis, the United States is no longer the leader of the global economy, and no other nation has the political and economic leverage to replace it.

Thanks to technological advances, in the past few years, vast amounts of natural gas -- particularly shale gas -- have become economically viable.