Dr. Zahra is a professor of history at the University of Chicago and has written extensively about globalization’s first collapse. April 5, 2025 Before World War I, globalization was at a high point.

For the past few years, many experts and journalists have either proclaimed or scrutinized the end of globalization. Trade wars, a pandemic and multifaceted conflicts have supposedly meant global ...

My estimates of equity risk premiums, updated every month, are not designed to make big statements about markets but more to get inputs I need to value companies. The biggest winner from globalization ...

Globalization has become a defining feature of the modern economy, characterized by the interconnectedness of markets and the international flow of goods, services, and capital. At the heart of this ...

For years, critics have lazily described Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” agenda as de-globalization — a retreat from the world, a rejection of trade, an inward turn. That charge is not ...

Future historians (if there are any) will wonder why, in the mid-2020s, humans poured unprecedented resources into preparing to fight each other, while neglecting collective action against obvious ...

We asked a group of experts to envision the future of supply chains and how changes to them will impact national economies. By The New York Times This feature is part of a series called Turning Points ...

How come it feels like it's all bad news in the global economy these days? According to one economist, something he calls the "doom loop." ...

Historical precedents show examples of governments turning to foreign architects for development work, inviting them to design their country's most famous structures. Western architects were ...