The arc of history, wise people have assured us, bends towards justice. But this year it has taken a very circuitous route according to many of the global aid agencies. Rich nations have cut off ...

The State Department is so far refusing to comment on a growing corruption crisis engulfing the Balkan nation of Albania, a vital U.S. ally in the region. Following an Albanian court’s decision to ...

FOR EDI RAMA these are the best of times and the worst of times—but mostly the best. In May Albania’s prime minister was elected to a fourth consecutive term. His country’s GDP has grown by 160% in ...

Spending six years as the bassist for Lonestar, John Rich’s country music career really took off when he teamed up with “Big Kenny” Alphin to form the duo Big & Rich. Releasing three studio albums ...

GENEVA, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Artificial Intelligence could widen gaps between developed and developing countries, a U.N. report said on Tuesday, calling for policy measures to limit the impact. The ...

This article appears in the December 2025 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. We are living in a new Gilded Age. The first, from roughly 1870 to 1890, was marked by dramatic ...

While global economics can sometimes seem boring, at its core lies the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita. This figure represents the total income earned by a country’s people and businesses, ...

If you worked in finance during the late 1990s, you likely encountered Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki. The book on investment advice was published in April of 1997 and appeared on the New York ...

At a time when the November slump is testing every Bitcoin (BTC) trader's patience, one person has decided to take the plunge. Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki has revealed that he sold some ...

UN climate conferences are primarily announcement summits. For 30 years, industrialized countries, which are primarily responsible for the climate crisis, have been promising that they will reduce ...

To the editor: “If we do it, they’ll leave the country, and then we won’t get anything.” That’s how a lot of people respond to the idea of increasing taxes on the rich. If we try to make them pay more ...