Peter Orszag wants the United States to rely more on automatic stabilizers to stem the shocks from recessions.

Michael Hodin says the path to fiscal sustainability lies in funding research programs and healthy aging initiatives that reduce the government outlays needed to care for an aging population.

Jagdish Bhagwati criticizes U.S. President Barack Obama for failing to close the Doha Round, decrying outsourcing, and surrending to the "manufactures fetish."

Sebastian Mallaby proposes that Mitt Romney declare war on America's addiction to debt.

Jagdish Bhagwati recommends developing nations avoid emigration restrictions to stem the outflow of their skilled workers.

With recent advances in oil extraction techniques, Peter Orszag says a revolution could be on the horizon for U.S. oil production.

Edward Alden and Liam Schwartz explain how a safe and simple visa process can help the U.S. tourism industry.

Peter Orszag examines the push to provide greater price transparency to health-care consumers as a strategy for reducing health-care costs.

Examines data including GDP, household debt, and industrial production to show the weakness of the current recovery compared to previous post-war rebounds.

Peter Orszag examines recent U.S. trends in retirement to better understand how the weak economy is affecting older workers.

Andrew C. Miller and Neil Bouhan examine whether Africa's single-currency zone, stretching from Senegal to the Central African Republic and linking eight countries and 123 million people, will survive if the euro crashes.

Michael Hodin urges U.S. presidential candidates to consider how women can be economically empowered in their senior years.

Economic Downturn: Compares economic indicators from the latest recession to past downturns, both post-war and pre-war, to demonstrate the recent recession is worse than other post-war recessions.

Michael A. Levi separates fact from fiction regarding the Keystone XL pipeline.

Michael Spence wants to rethink the role of the state in addressing the problems of instability and inequality that are endemic to free-market systems.

Edward Alden says that as the United States has for the past two decades pursued securing the nation's borders against illegal immigration, the more serious threat to U.S. national security is that ill-conceived or poorly implemented border controls will do lasting damage to the U.S. economy.

In addressing capitalism's critics, Sebastian Mallaby champions hedge funds as appealing alternatives to too-big-to-fail institutions.

Peter Orszag questions whether the U.S. military budget cuts outlined by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will be fully implemented.

Peter Orszag writes that investment in equipment and software is likely to remain a bright spot in the U.S. economy in 2012.