It has been pretty clear for some time that the oil states’ current account surplus was set to fall significantly in 2007 – oil has stabilized (at a high level, to be sure) and oil state spending and…

A cornfield in Atalissa, Iowa. (Jessica Rinaldi/courtesy Reuters) Republican presidential candidates are gathering tonight in Ames, Iowa for their third debate. Jon Huntsman, who hadn’t yet joined t…

A protester listens as Secretary Gates and Admiral Mullen testify at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on U.S. military operations in Libya on March 31, 2011. (Kevin Lamarque/courtesy Reuters)…

I asked my colleague, Chris Tuttle, a Capitol Hill veteran, for his quick reaction to the Senate’s approval of the New START Treaty. Here are his thoughts: In the past week, thanks to the sluggish…

There is a global scramble for dollars going on. It needs to be addressed through creative policies.