Bank nationalization may not be the policy preference of Democrats and Republicans alike, but it may well be the last resort of both parties, as more and more analysts say nationalization is no longer ...

This column was written by The Editors of the New Republic. In the brief weeks that Barack Obama has been president, the n-word has been heard with startling frequency in Washington. We're talking ...

Bank nationalization may not be the policy preference of Democrats and Republicans alike, but it may well be the last resort of both parties, as more and more analysts say nationalization is no longer ...

Tyler Cowen makes the important point that when it comes to nationalization, nationalizing one bank isn’t the problem. The problem is that once you nationalize, or even start talking seriously about ...

A Newsweek poll released over the weekend suggests that Americans may be more amendable than previously believed to the idea of a government takeover of major banks. The specific question posed by the ...

Natural resource wealth does not automatically translate to public prosperity. Venezuela's rapid economic decline was fueled by volatile oil prices and poor policy decisions. Chávez's nationalization ...

Patrice Motsepe works so hard to preserve his mystique that you’d be forgiven for thinking South Africa’s first black billionaire is a rather reticent man. He is anything but. An enigma perhaps, but ...

A group of Russian business owners reportedly spoke with President Vladimir Putin this week about their fear of nationalization in the country. Representatives of some of Russia's largest businesses ...

In the United States, where the free market has long been exalted as the supreme engine of prosperity, a peculiar irony is taking shape. On August 22, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced that ...

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday that he didn't see why bank nationalization would be necessary. David Wessel of The Wall Street Journal talks with ...

In his Sunday news briefing on the coronavirus response, President Trump was asked about the Defense Production Act, which the government can use to spur businesses to create needed supplies. "The ...