Robert Reich is the Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and Senior Fellow at the Blum Center for Developing Economies. He has served in three national administrations, including as Secretary…
Whats Worse: Torture or Starvation? Venezuelans to Answer…
Editors Note: There are few places as chaotic or dangerous as Venezuela. “Life in Caracas” is a series of short stories that seeks to capture the surreal quality of living in a land in total…
Canadian Retail Sales Fall More Than Expected on…
Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg Canadian retail sales fell by the most in seven months in November on lower gasoline prices and automobile purchases. Receipts fell 0.9 percent from October, Statistics Canada said Wednesday…
Putin Doesn’t Have the Clout to Make a…
Photographer: Alexey Druzhinn/AFP/Getty Images Photographer: Alexey Druzhinn/AFP/Getty Images The window of opportunity for Russia and Japan to officially end World War II with a peace treaty narrowed again after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to Moscow on Tuesday…
Thailand to Hold First General Election Since Coup…
Thailand will hold a general election on March 24 for the first time since a coup in May 2014. The date was set by the Election Commission in Bangkok on Wednesday, a few hours after…
There Actually Is a Brexit Consensus Among U.K.…
What they really, really want. Photographer: TOLGA AKMEN/AFP/Getty Images Photographer: TOLGA AKMEN/AFP/Getty Images It has become cliche to say that Brexit has divided the U.K., but political circles now bitterly disagree over the depth and…
Pound Strengthens as Delay to Exit Gains Traction:…
Parliament is inching toward a plan to delay Brexit as a way of preventing a chaotic no-deal departure. The pound rose. Key Developments Labour Party is likely to support lawmaker plan to delay Brexit and…
Lebanons Bond Buyer of Last Resort Gets Hint…
Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al Thani Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg Qatar threw a $500 million lifeline to Lebanon because of what it sees as its mission to be the Middle East’s emergency lender to…
How Huawei Became a Target for the U.S.…
Photographer: Jaap Arrien/Getty Images Photographer: Jaap Arrien/Getty Images Huawei Technologies Co., one of China’s most-global companies, is increasingly in the cross-hairs of the U.S. government and its Western allies, just as it’s pushing for a…