Topic: Tom Friedman

The New Economy
America's best jobs program? Trade reform with China.

China has flagrantly violated trade rules since joining the World Trade Organization – and the US has lost 50,000 factories and 6 million manufacturing jobs.

Consumer Energy Report
Blessing and a curse: countries struggle with oil resources

Where drilling used to be in established areas, like Texas, Saudi Arabia, and Russia, it is now moving offshore, leaving some to wonder whether the institutional capacities of these countries and regions are sufficient to avoid the resource curse.

Green Economics
Is China working to reduce carbon?

China may be trying to shake its reputation as a "green villain"

Green Economics
The rise of the eco-concierge

Will there soon be thousands of consultants on hand to help us go green?

That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back

Tom Friedman urges Americans: Let’s save our greatness – before it’s too late.

Americans Elect launches centrist third-party bid amid Washington dysfunction

Americans Elect, which is inviting the public to a virtual primary, faces daunting hurdles. But dissatisfaction with the partisan gridlock in Washington creates a favorable political climate.

PIMCO CEO: Egypt needs stronger outside support

Egypt can deliver on its revolution. But building a new society also requires better and stronger support from its friends and allies.

Among France's Tunisians, elation and worry

France hosts Tunisia's largest expatriate community. Having long lived in political silence, Tunisians here are glued to Arabic TV and debating if greater democracy or regional strife will unfold.

Green Economics
China's growth is making the carbon fat tail fatter

In the case of China and greenhouse gas emissions, there are 1.3 billion people getting richer in China, and energy intensive urban manufacturing is a big part of the story.

The Entrepreneurial Mind
Thomas Friedman: Immigration is key to economic engine

Green Economics
Thomas Friedman thinks China is 'smarter' than the US. Is he right?

10 ways the new economy will look different

From the rise of the tightwad to the decline of the Sun Belt, American values and industries will be reinvented as the nation comes out of the worst recession since the 1930s.

Best nonfiction books of 2008

The Monitor’s annual gift guide to the best nonfiction books of 2008.

Why $25 billion bailout may not help strapped automakers

The Big Three are in such bad shape that they may not even qualify for the loans Congress approved in September.