Austerity measures in Europe have been the topic of a heated and mostly confused debate in the economic world. During the May summit of the leading industrial nations at Camp David, German chancellor Angela Merkel and other European leaders pushed for continued European austerity. Keynesian critics argue that these policies destroy economic growth.

Abetted by the International Criminal Court's unfortunate intervention, the prospects for Sudan remain decidedly unhappy.

George W. Bush's plan for tax relief--plus helping the states with rising costs and extending unemployment benefits--is not enough.

Contrary to the left's entitlement mind-set, Americans are happiest when they earn what they receive. What the middle class needs most is more of what it already does so well.

To combat the economic malaise, the Obama administration is bending over backward to encourage companies to create jobs in America. So why is the White House - and the Congress - challenging Huawei, a high-tech firm eager to invest and compete in the U.S. market? 

After many years of false starts, the Japanese economy may finally be set to boom—or at least to enter a period of sustained growth with a sharply rising stock market.

In October of 2009, Kumud Majumder, the father of an 11-year-old son with advanced leukemia, joined a lawsuit challenging the federal ban on compensating bone-marrow donors. He wanted to save his son's life. Last week Mr. Majumder and his co-plaintiffs enjoyed a victory. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that the majority of bone-marrow donors may lawfully be compensated.

The nine men who run China tested the J20 during Gate's visit because they knew they could get away with it: Washington would not want anything to get in the way of the upcoming summit.