The Disaffected Lib

Princeton economist, New York Times columnist and Nobel laureate Paul Krugman wonders if Europe's political leadership has a death wish...

It's not just moderates and progressives in the United States who are losing faith in Barack Obama.  So are the Europeans.  Spiegel Onli...

IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn warns a world economy beset by the twin scourges of high prices and joblessness could lead to trade protect...

What is it about the Nobel Prize that makes economists think alike?   After all, Stephen Harper is an economist (sort of), he was never even...

The deal is done, maybe. Harper got his way as host of the G8/G20 summits when the member states pledged to halve their deficits by 2013. Le...

First Bush and then Obama fought America's economic meltdown by pouring money into the US economy. Most now believe they succeeded in do...

Don't you hate it when the air raid siren goes and then the "all clear" goes and then, just when you get out of the bunker, th...

France and Germany appear to have come through the recession. Both nations' economies grew, albeit only slightly, during the April-Jun...

Either Stephen Harper utterly failed to see this recession coming or, worse, he did see it but froze like a deer caught in the headlights. ...

A very important skill in the 18th century was the ability to discern that point when the natives realized we white folks were only humans, ...

Apparently Das Kapital has a new gaggle of admirers - in Britain anyway. According to The Independent, Karl Marx is all the rage in the bu...

It's not just about terrorism or nuclear proliferation any more. Now the Central Intelligence Agency is also briefing president Obama ...

Just a year or two ago it seemed that everyone was flying high. Money was plentiful, interest rates were cheap. Today the $ signs are use...

It's something every Canadian kid understands. Sure the water feels cold when you gingerly put a toe in but it's not until that wate...

Wedgwood china, Waterford crystal and Royal Doulton porcelain are brands that are nothing short of iconic. They're also now in receivers...

It's remarkable when you think of it - ordinary, wage-earning taxpayers getting saddled with debt and more taxes so their government can...

This may be one for the books - the very conservative Times of London hailing very liberal Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman for praisi...

Governments around the world are throwing trillions of dollars into their financial sector industries in what increasingly appears to be a f...