It says something about this new global economy that USA Today now reports every morning on the day's events in Asian markets.

The dramatic modernization of the Asian economies ranks alongside the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution as one of the most important developments in economic history.

There are idiots. Look around.

With uncertainty in oil markets, a buildup of speculative pressures and the large U.S. current account deficit, there is a real possibility that Paulson's crisis-management skills will be tested.

I think the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to it.

All taxes discourage something. Why not discourage bad things like pollution rather than good things like working?

The major challenge for the United States is whether it can become the first outward-looking, continental, nonimperialist power in history.