The graph is a real print-and-saver, because even as we debate the sad geography of social mobility in the United States, the true geography of social mobility is global. And it has been a far ...

It's a graph of real income growth for the entire world population, regardless of country, from poor to rich, drawn by Branko Milanovic, the lead economist of the World Bank’s research department.

Globalization was the driving force behind the growth miracle in emerging markets, lifting millions of people out of poverty over the past few decades. Now, a backlash against how the global ...

Our most-read Chart of the Week blogs last year show reader interest tracking the most pressing issues for the global economy. From inflation and economic growth to housing, food prices, globalization ...

Globalization — the flow of goods, service, capital, energy, data, and people across borders — is everywhere from our food to our phones and fuels every industry.

Is Globalization in Decline? A New Number Contradicts the Consensus. Instead of looking at the dollar value of trade, focus on how many tons of stuff get shipped how far. By . Josh Zumbrun.

Globalization is under attack. The electoral victory of Donald Trump, the Brexit vote and the rise of an aggressive nationalism in mainland Europe and around the world are all part of a backlash ...

We live in a time of protectionist backlash. U.S. President Donald Trump has started a trade war with China, upended the North American Free Trade Agreement, imposed tariffs on the United States’ ...

After a decade of deglobalization and US geopolitics, globalization is no longer at crossroads, but unraveling. The longer this plunge prevails, the greater will be its costs. After divisive ...

The champion of globalization is now breaking it After the WWII, the US engineered the Bretton Woods system and WTO to institutionalize free trade, cleverly embedding its economic dominance into ...

With Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the economic “mutual assured destruction” that was supposed to safeguard globalization and deter decoupling apparently reached its limits.

Dr. Zahra is a professor of history at the University of Chicago and has written extensively about globalization’s first collapse. April 5, 2025 Before World War I, globalization was at a high ...