At the NATO summit in Chicago, the much hoped-for deal between the United States and Pakistan to reopen NATO supply routes through Pakistan did not materialize. The experience of the closure and the negotiations has laid bare the changed relationship between the U.S. and Pakistan.

Are global corporations cleaning up their supply chains? The debate over the abysmally low wages paid to workers in emerging economies illustrates the difficulty. There are two conflicting narratives, both tied to China.

The reality is that we simply do not know how efficacious most  drugs really are. 

High gas prices are inducing consumers to tighten their belts and politicians to call for taxes on oil companies. This Outlook explores the true causes of oil price fluctuation and explains how policymakers can help lower gasoline prices.

US/EU companies that protect their drug brands in turn protect our lives. We need other countries to do more and we need to help them in doing so.

If there is one conclusion that should be drawn from the boom in U.S. natural gas production, it is that supplies are so abundant that it makes economic sense to export some of our gas to countries overseas. No one could have imagined that possibility even a few years ago...

Although government spending provides citizens with many important benefits, such benefits must be weighed against the disincentivizing effects of increased labor taxes.