http://www.newsweek.com/id/223784 2009-11-21T12:00:00Z Is Obamanomics a boon or a bane? A debate over the president's policies. http://www.newsweek.com/id/219372 2009-10-24T12:00:00Z The oath of office notwithstanding, the Obama Presidency began Nov. 4—not Jan. 20. http://www.newsweek.com/id/218528 2009-10-20T12:00:00Z Companies like Citi and GM were failing before we took over. http://www.newsweek.com/id/218512 2009-10-19T12:00:00Z How foreign-owned companies, from Toyota to Eight O'Clock Coffee, are propping up local economies in Mississippi, Indiana, and Georgia. http://www.newsweek.com/id/218183 2009-10-17T12:00:00Z How the reinvention of higher education benefits parents, students, and schools. http://www.newsweek.com/id/216141 2009-09-25T12:00:00Z Call it the Rubber-Chicken War—the looming trade dispute between the United States (which has announced punitive tariffs on imports of Chinese tires) and China (which is threatening retaliation against American poultry exports). Against the background of the G20 trade talks in Pittsburgh, that http://www.newsweek.com/id/215316 2009-09-12T12:00:00Z During the summer of 2007, I drove every street in Detroit—2,700 miles—for a series of newspaper articles looking at the condition of the city. It was an astonishing experience: every day for four and a half months, I saw people living ordinary American lives amid an extraordinary landscape of http://www.newsweek.com/id/215171 2009-09-11T12:00:00Z Who wants to be President of the European commission? In theory it's one of the most powerful jobs in the world. You head the world's biggest economic bloc, receive an automatic invite to G8 meetings, and your calls get taken by prime ministers and presidents the world over. In normal politics, http://www.newsweek.com/id/212999 2009-08-20T12:00:00Z The cash for clunkers program turbo-boosted auto sales -- just not for Detroit. http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/wealthofnations/archive/2009/08/04/china-s-economy-will-surpass-japan-s-this-year.aspx 2009-08-04T17:38:58Z During a recent trip to Japan, New York University economist Edward Lincoln was surprised to find executives at Toyota wringing their hands─not about sales, which were down 27 percent since the beginning of the year thanks to the global recession, but about their new position as the No. 1 automaker in the world. They nabbed the top spot last year after GM imploded. But Lincoln says that the Japanese automaker has come to realize that being the top dog means that you have to set the agenda for the rest of the industry, and also fend off all the people trying to knock you off the podium─a tough spot to be in