As Greek party leaders struggled to put together a government in May 2012 after a splintering election, a major (and contentious) issue wa...

The Socialists and then the New Democracy Party told Greeks that sacrifices were necessary to avert default on the state’s debt. This po...

Germany was ruling out any substantive shift in its approach to Europe's debt crisis despite a rising chorus of opposition to Berlin...

Documents released in May 2012 regarding Dick Fuld at Lehman Brothers prove that he was aware of the high risk involved in holding so much...

On May 6, 2012, elections took place in six E.U. states. The most significant in terms of the debt crisis were those of France and Greece. ...

“A damning report [in late April 2012] on the hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch’s British newspapers concluding that Mr. Murdoch is “not a ...

In the E.U., the principle of subsidiarity functions in theory like the Tenth Amendment does in the U.S.—again in theory. In both cases, p...

“ One of the great political and economic challenges of our time is figuring out the balance between wealth that benefits society and wealth...

In 12 years, Daniel Suelo has not made a penny; neither has he spent one. In 2000, he left his remaining $30 in a phone booth (remember th...

In September 2005, “a senior Wal-Mart lawyer received an alarming e-mail from a former executive at the company’s largest foreign subsidia...

T he “surprising escape” of Chen Guangcheng, a blind legal activist, from house arrest to the presumed custody of U.S. diplomats was “buoy...

Faced with political pressure from Republicans and farming groups, the White House decided in April 2012 not to go ahead with rules that w...

In relying only on austerity and cheap bailout loans, the German-led strategy has proffered a false sense of European integration in the E...

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, known as F.C.P.A., “forbids American companies from making illegal payments to government officials or ...

“C orporate campaign contributions have historically been split among incumbents of both political parties, with a decided advantage for wh...