India’s economy is not doing as well as many had hoped. Growth has been slowing for several quarters, and even if there’s a slight recovery in coming quarters, the signs for the medium term aren’t propitious. There appears to be no end in sight to a slow-moving banking crisis. And private investment has crashed, reflecting pessimism at Indian businesses about …

In the worst possible way, the monumental data breach at Equifax—involving the names, addresses and social security numbers of some 143 million people—draws attention to a long-neglected gap in the US system of financial oversight. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ought to take the lead in putting this right. The three big US credit reporting companies—Equifax, Experian and TransUnion—have …

The Republicans’ failure to repeal Obamacare has created a political opening. The American public, threatened with the withdrawal of health insurance from millions of people, has largely come to embrace the idea of universal coverage. At such a moment, Democrats are right to advance ideas for building on the gains accomplished by the Affordable Care Act. Unfortunately, many of them …