US Heading For Financial Trouble?

US government recklessly spends money that must be repaid by the nation’s children and grandchildren
Steve Kroft
March 5, 2007

The Next Africa?

While the U.S. frets about Iraq, Argentina is fast becoming a third-world nation. The rest of the world needs to take notice.
Nicholas D. Kristof
December 10, 2002

The Global Question: Who Needs the US?

A weakened American economy no longer terrifies other countries
Peter Gumbel
January 30, 2007

Lula: The End of Latin American Populism?

Is the newly elected President of Brazil destined to become the “unwitting hangman” of Latin American populism?
Ernesto Zedillo
December 13, 2002

What $1.2 Trillion Can Buy

Before spending vast sums on the war in Iraq, the US would have been wise to consider alternatives
David Leonhardt
January 19, 2007