This week in the magazine, James Surowiecki writes about economic and environmental regulation. Today, Surowiecki answered readers’ questions in a live chat. A transcript of their discussion follows.

At The Balance Sheet, James Surowiecki writes about a new sales strategy: Between now and Sunday, if you wear red into any Macy’s store, you get an extra twenty per cent off your purchase (exclusions, ...

At The Balance Sheet, James Surowiecki wonders why Timothy Geithner gave a speech on his bailout proposal without ironing out the specifics: Well, that wasn’t the most auspicious political début ever.

James Surowiecki talks with Alan Mulally, the C.E.O. of Ford, about the company's ongoing transformation, the move toward electric cars, and the future of the automobile industry. one of the questions ...

Workers and Bargaining PowerWell-educated and highly skilled workers are in a much better position to bargain with their employers. Steve Inskeep talks to James Surowiecki, financial columnist of The ...

When the U.S. is hurting financially, it can devalue its currency to boost exports and lighten its debt burden. But a European Union member drowning in debt like Greece can't simply devalue the euro.

At The Balance Sheet, James Surowiecki writes about the execution of bankers in the Ottoman Empire: In the late sixteenth century, the Ottoman Empire was hit by an economic crisis precipitated by a ...

In this, the first interview in a new series of video conversations with policymakers, business leaders, and economists, James Surowiecki talks to Alan Mulally, the C.E.O. of Ford, at the company’s ...

Felix Salmon, who has been banging the drums for the U.S. government to start nationalizing banks, cites a piece by the economist William Buiter as supporting the argument that the U.S. should ...

I’m back from a couple of weeks on the road, and was greeted on my return by the precipitous rise in the interest rate on long-term U.S. bonds—in less than a week, the yield on the ten-year note ...