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Governments around the globe continue to prioritize the short-term gains of economic growth over the long-term costs of environmental destruction. But with mounting property damage and increasing reports of illnesses such as asthma, nations can’t help but be embarrassed about the costs associated...

Alleged routine US surveillance of internet use and phone calls is “morally problematic,” argues Pratap Bhanu Mehta, president of the Centre for Policy Research in India. He lists several reasons: designation of a separate set of human rights for foreigners versus citizens; blithe suggestions that...

Operating under the assumption that their economy is “too big to fail,” Greeks anticipate an infusion of new loans and are in no hurry to embrace austerity. Despite their role in failing to regulate the excessive lending, central bankers resist accountability for the crisis in Greece. Floyd Norris...