So far the new Republican Congress has proved better at identifying things it doesn’t like — Obamacare, for example, or an independent ethics office — than actually getting rid of them. On one issue, however, Congress may yet get its way: abortion. Last week a House panel issued a report recommending that the federal government restrict or end medical …

  India’s note ban saga continues. And so the common man’s sufferings. Indian Prime Narendra Modi’s shock note ban sparked cash chaos. And it is only obvious in a country where 90% transactions are done in cash. Modi said that the suffering of his compatriot is for the better cause. He asked citizens to give him 50 days to make …

  At a recent forum, China’s Vice Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao warned that a ‘zero-sum’ mentality in economic relations between the US and China hurts both countries. He’s right: Rising protectionism, of the kind favored by President-elect Donald Trump, is a danger to the still-sputtering global economy. What China doesn’t yet accept is that much of the ire against free …