Globalization

THE UNITED STATES has promoted human rights internationally for decades. But today, at a moment when support for authoritarian leaders who claim to speak for those left behind by globalization is spiking abroad and at home, the U.S. government must r

‘Success is not actually built by moving from hit to hit to hit. It’s the batting average that counts’ The heir to Gates and Ballmer talks to Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Megan Murphy about empathy, fixed mindsets, empowering women and minorities—a

It’s a global problem. And shareholders and managers—and the demise of unions—may be to blame

PROBABLY NOT, BECAUSE HIS TARIFFS ARE NARROWLY DRAWN. BUT PROTECTIONIST PRESSURES ARE INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME DANGEROUS IN A WEAKER ECONOMY. The announcement that President Trump’s top economic adviser, Gary D. Cohn, plans to resign after appar

Globalization seemed to be on the ropes. Nationalist politicians had maligned it as the source of closed factories, stagnant wages, and unwanted migrants. Washington had pulled out of international pacts on climate change and trade. The British were

IT’S EASY TO FEEL that globalization—one of the most vital business trends of the past half-century—is in retreat. Millions of voters in the U.S. and Britain blame it for stealing their jobs, and it was a major reason for the international civic conv

It’s not just a populist backlash – many economists who once swore by free trade have changed their minds, too. How had they got it so wrong? By Nikil Saval

A historically long bull market has made bargains scarce. But our panel of market experts continues to see profitable opportunities ahead in stocks—powered by technology.

Tariffs and countertariffs may mark the start of an inevitable showdown between the world’s two most important nations