Government. The Big G. We like to imagine the free market and the invisible hand as being independent from political influence. But Nobel laureate, Simon Johnson, says that influence has been there ...

India has DUALITY — you never know what she’s going to give,” he captioned the clip, which has already crossed a million views and sparked a digital slugfest.

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Across the rich world, politicians of the left and the right decry the dysfunction of the global asylum system. In May the ...

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has raised the alarm over growing economic inequality in India, warning that wealth is ...

The anti-poverty charity Oxfam warns that growing inequality in Africa is hindering democracy. The four richest Africans have ...

Call it our big topic each Wednesday through Labor Day. We're kicking off another semester of Planet Money Summer School asking the biggest question: Why are some nations rich and others poor?

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Congress narrowly passed the Trump administration’s budget Thursday that cuts funding for numerous food and health aid ...

Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday expressed concern over the "rising" number of poor, and said wealth was getting ...

Republicans on Thursday muscled US President Donald Trump's tax and spending cut bill through the House, the final step ...

Rajan says India’s domestic champions—giants at home, minnows abroad—are trapped in what he calls “riskless capitalism,” shielded from competition and innovation by state protection.