Justin Fox

Genuflecting to the free market

Famed economist Jacob Soll's book guides readers through 2,000 years of Western free-market thought, but at times, the account is perplexing

Alan Greenspan as 'politician'

Was Alan Greenspan motivated by politics more than economics?

It's good to be a big corporation again

Sustainability of competitive advantage has been rising after 2000

Justin Fox: Uber still trying to figure out its real business

It is not known how much of Uber's growth is the result of real technological and network advantages of smartphone-enabled ride hailing and how much is due to the big subsidies that Uber and its compe

Justin Fox: China's $5-trillion opportunity

Some Chinese companies have productivity near rich-country levels while several others lag. The fact that this pattern is reflected in almost every sector could help the country raise productivity in

Justin Fox: The global economy's 1990s look

The US is still the core of the global economy, but it is a smaller core than it was in the 1990s and thus less reliable as a global growth engine. And China, like Japan two decades ago, is slowing

Justin Fox: The rise of Nokia's also-rans

After the handset business was sold to Microsoft, Nokia Networks was all that was left of Nokia. And, it's a company that is still a major global player in wireless infrastructure

Is GE Capital a Dodd-Frank victim?

GE has committed to get GE Capital's share of the company's operating earnings to less than 10% by 2018

Justin Fox: Kraft was global, then it wasn't

Kraft will be in a better position to manage its overseas brands in conjunction with Heinz than it would be alone

Opec tries stamping out frackers