An Urban's Rural View

At a university in Sichuan, students read "1984" and find ways around the government's internet firewall even as they study "Xi Jinping thought."

Ruminations on the nation's deep divides and a lost virtue that could be restored.

The Federal Reserve Board doesn't want a recession, but by raising its benchmark interest rates an unexpected 0.75 it's choosing to emphasize fighting inflation even at the risk of causing one.

Despite a strong dollar, U.S. exports, including ag exports, have been robust. Now there are signs that the runup in the dollar may be ending.

The U.S. has convinced 13 Asian nations to join a conversation about "economic models." It's not pushing for a trade deal because there's no support in Congress for trade deals.

The U.S. has convinced 13 Asian nations to join a conversation about "economic models." It's not pushing for a trade deal because there's no support in Congress for trade deals.

Demand for labor is strong, but the labor force participation rate still hasn't returned to where it was before the pandemic. Should the boomers be blamed?

With its recent half-point increase, the Federal Reserve is accelerating its attack on inflation. But inflation hawks think it's not accelerating enough.

Though Japan is a U.S. ally and many years the fourth largest export market for American agriculture, the two countries diverge widely on an important international-economic issue.

The coronavirus will leave long-term economic, political and social consequences in its wake, and one of the possible consequences could transform rural America.

The Fed is getting serious about raising interest rates. Its critics think it's still behind the curve.

Sales of plant-based meat slowed in 2021. Cultured meat is coming, and a consulting firm thinks it will take market share from both conventional and plant-based meat.

Russia's invasion tightens the bind the Federal Reserve Board finds itself in as it contemplates beginning to raise interest rates.

British food doesn't deserve the abuse hurled at it. The United Kingdom is actually a pretty good place to eat.

In the years since Richard Nixon and George H.W. Bush, conservation has become divisive -- or is it regulation that divides us?

The Biden administration is preparing an Indo-Asian Economic Framework aimed at reasserting U.S. leadership in Asian economic diplomacy without stirring up the domestic political passions that killed the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

China's purchase of U.S. products fell short of what it agreed to in the phase-one trade deal two years ago. That puts the Biden administration in a bind.

We've reached a turning point in the COVID-19 story, the beginning of the new normal.

In 2016, Congress thought it was resolving the heated disputes over labeling food with genetically engineered ingredients. Fat chance.

In which, with humility, forecasts for 2022 are made and distinguished from wishes for the year.