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THE global financial crisis is prompting huge government interventions to stimulate the economies of the United States and many other nations. The burning question is this: Can public-sector initiatives in [...]

HEROIC figures have been a rarity amid the evils and embarrassments of the current economic crisis. Duff McDonald claims to have found one in the form of the chairman and […]

THERE is a relatively new expression in global financial circles: 'going Iceland.' It's not an invitation to foreign tourists to enjoy a vacation on the island known for its geysers, [...]

AMONG Westerners, the economic partnership between China and Africa is often overlooked. But in ''China Safari: On the Trail of Beijing's Expansion in Africa'' (Nation Books, $27.50), Serge Michel and [...]

Dire economic times have left many people wondering if the American dream is just a fairy tale. In his autobiography, ''The Education of an American Dreamer'' (Twelve, $34.99), Peter G. [...]

SPORTS is regarded as serious business, a source of multibillion-dollar revenue, national pride and popular entertainment that can seem like (and occasionally become) a matter of life or death. But [...]

THE world is in the throes of an unprecedented economic crisis, and most mainstream economists and Washington policy makers didn't see it coming. In a surprisingly readable new book, 'The [...]

THERE are scores of books by well-known businessmen who pontificate about social, political and economic issues affecting a broad swath of humanity. Unfortunately, far too many of these books are [...]

SOMEHOW I always knew my executive pursuits would end with me lying face down on a massage table at Sage Hampton Spa in Wainscott, N.Y., naked except for a towel [...]

I STRODE toward a sixth-floor plate glass window overlooking downtown Montreal with my back to a digital camera, virtual visions dancing in my head. Dressed in a blue business suit, [...]

I HUDDLED under the portico of the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington, waiting for Aretha Franklin. It was 8:10 a.m. on Inauguration Day with a temperature of 25 degrees and [...]

DURING the Great Depression, a foursome of giants sprang from the Texas earth on gushers of black gold. Through innate intelligence, sheer will and pure luck, they rapidly amassed huge [...]

MY figure skating instructor, Betsy Berry, led me onto the outdoor rink at the Buckskill Winter Club in East Hampton, N.Y., hoping to work a sort of modern miracle. I [...]

I BENT over a six-burner commercial stove in a test kitchen at the Cadbury Science and Technology Center in Whippany, N.J., stirring roasted peanuts and organic cane sugar in a [...]

AS the father of an 11-year-old son, I often wonder what's wrong with kids today. With my child as an exception, of course, they do not seem very bright. They [...]

I CIRCLED table No. 26 at Amsterdam Billiards and Bar, clutching a cue stick and hoping against experience. It was a dank, dark early December afternoon in Lower Manhattan. The [...]

I DROVE through the stone gates of the Wolffer Estate Vineyard in Sagaponack, N.Y., on Halloween morning masquerading as an apprentice winemaker. My costume was a turtleneck shirt, threadbare jeans [...]

I BURST out the back door of Chateau Bow Wow, a k a the Doghouse, intent on salvaging the last few remnants of an almost-past life by Dumpster-diving in my [...]

SO this bear market-bankrupted guy who happens to be yours truly wants to try his luck at being a stand-up comedian. I put on a custom-made suit, and walk into [...]

I TRUDGED down the fifth fairway at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Orlando, Fla., with a golf bag on my shoulder and a royal blue bib draped over my chest. [...]

RUM, revolution, romance and the roots of modern globalization come together in a pistol-packing salsa dance of modern history in ''Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba: The Biography of [...]

I PLOPPED down at a corner table in the American Hotel and stuck a fork into a filet of a striped bass that I had seen thrashing in the sea [...]

THERE is nothing quite like squeezing a $1.5 million cello between your knees and trying to make a mellifluous sound come out of it. I had the rare privilege as [...]

I PACED the first-base line at Mashashimuet Park talking to myself out loud like some rawboned rookie gone loony. The Sag Harbor Softball Game was in the top of the [...]

PHILIP DELVES BROUGHTON lived out a fantasy. In 2004, dismayed over the gloomy state of newspaper journalism and his own career prospects, Mr. Broughton, then 32, quit his job as [...]

I STEPPED onto the quarter-mile track at Reebok International's world headquarters in Canton, Mass., with a brand new pair of snowy white Hex Ride Rally sneakers on my feet and [...]

I MARCHED across the white-tiled kitchen at Le Bernardin in a four-star frenzy, sweat soaking my borrowed white chef's jacket. The heat coming off the two six-burner commercial stoves in [...]

I WHIPPED my black-on-black 2007 Chevy TrailBlazer into the driveway of the Englewood Auto Spa in Englewood, N.J., in executive pursuit of vehicular purification. It was shortly before noon on [...]

YOU'VE got to learn how to wait your turn when you're a rookie groundskeeper in the major leagues, especially if it's your first day on the job for the New [...]

AMERICA is ruled by an ''intelligence-industrial complex'' whose allegiance is not to the taxpaying public but to a cabal of private-sector contractors that have disgraced our national image and potentially [...]

I CROUCHED in the cockpit of a recreational scull, pulling on a pair of oars and going nowhere. It was an unseasonably warm Saturday morning on Sag Harbor Cove at [...]

I WADED into the pitiless mid-May sun with a falconer and one of her favorite birds of prey. The grassy meadow in front of the British School of Falconry at [...]

DO you feel that you're working harder and harder to get ahead financially, but can't even seem to stay in the same place? Do you feel trapped by larger forces [...]

THE gelding we nicknamed Big Brown, in honor of the Kentucky Derby winner, loped off to the far corner of the arena as if he were looking for a place [...]

I MARCHED into the dining room of the Greens at Cannondale, an assisted-living community in Wilton, Conn., decked out in the finery of an 18th-century Colonial gentleman. It was an [...]

THE public stock markets are in the throes of one of the biggest and most egregious financial scandals in modern history, according to Louis Lowenstein. The scandal has little to [...]

I SIDLED up to my station inside the New York Bartending School as Warp Brothers' ''Phatt Bass'' version of ''Confusion'' pulsated from the wall-mounted speakers. I knew at once that [...]

I DUCKED into the New York International Table Tennis Center in Flushing, Queens, puzzling over the peculiar sound echoing in my ears. With preposterously high odds against me, I was [...]

I WADDLED out of clown alley and into the spotlight leading with my big red glue-on prosthetic nose. The arena floor of the Izod Center in East Rutherford, N.J., was [...]

IF you are going to buy just one book in this presidential election year, you might want to consider ''Where Does the Money Go?: Your Guided Tour to the Federal [...]