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(Photo: Thomas Hawk / Flickr) ‘'If the top earners are O.K., then the rest of us will be O.K.'’ That piece of economic sleight of …

The “credibility” gap has spread from the presidency to the entire political system.

In last night's Republican Presidential debate, former US Ambassador to China and Presidential candidate Jon Huntsman was asked about Gov. Mitt Romney's call to confront China over their trade …

Peace has never been a particularly popular word in Washington, DC. This is, after all, the home of the Pentagon and the major military contractors, not to mention all …

Remember when the United States led the world in industrial technology? The peak of U.S. supremacy was back in the 1960s, when the “military-industrial complex” was in full force. …

"By 1970, the governments of the wealthy countries began to take it for granted that they had truly discovered the secret of cornucopia. Politicians of left and right alike …

Paris - With markets still volatile, and politicians only marginally closer to a solution of the euro’s troubles than they were two years ago, the future for the euro …

Valletta, Malta - With Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s regime in ruins and Qaddafi himself on the run, it is time to ponder just how he survived in power for so …

This week, September 6-10, may prove one of the most volatile economically and financially since the global banking panic of September 2008 - both in the US and worldwide. …

He runs impulsively and courageously, carrying his country’s flag as if he were carrying his own dream. He looks young, athletic, and fearless. He jumps over a bridge’s fence …