Michael Hirsh

Can Obama's economic team work well together?

With the economy worsening and the Bush team adrift, queasy markets are looking to Obama to set the course. But is naming a Treasury secretary enough?

Why controlling the Clintons wouldn't be a problem for Obama.

The new president may think his only task is to rescue the economy. But like FDR, he may have to save capitalism itself.

With a smashing victory, Illinois senator leads a Democratic takeover of national politics

Will a new Democratic president and Congress strangle Wall Street?

Meet Ben Bernanke, Depression scholar, unlikely superman.

Why aren't the big fish on the hook for the financial crash?

Obama and McCain have taken different tacks to handling the meltdown. It's not by accident. How their economic gurus shape their views.

No, even $700 billion won't be enough. But despite the size of the bailout, the United States still rules the markets.

After last week's debate, it's obvious how different the foreign policies of Barack Obama and John McCain would be. What's less well understood are the key factors that shaped their world views. Here are five of them.

The former Fed chief's culpability in Wall Street's woes.

Seven years later, Al Qaeda still lives—and its new host is a nuclear-weapons state.

How Biden would compare to Bush's No. 2.

Putin's invasion of Georgia is unforgiveable. But let's face it: the West helped to provoke Moscow's aggression.

How the Bush administration botched the 'war on terror' by overreaching.

Inside Obama's meeting with Netanyahu.

For Obama and McCain, the debate is all about Iraq and Afghanistan. But the bigger problem is Pakistan.

Obama has to persuade the public he can lead the free world.

Barack Obama is taking heat for hinting that he might refine his 16-month timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq. But a forthcoming Pentagon-sponsored report will recommend an even steeper drawdown in less time, NEWSWEEK has learned.

He was the brains behind 'Charlie Wilson's War.' Now his tactics are hot, from Pakistan to Colombia.

Will Iran's missile test force the region to war?

Inside Tehran's Scheherezade strategy on nukes.

McCain's campaign touts his 'grown-up' energy plan

Threats haven't slowed the nuclear program, or sales of luxury cars.

 Barack finally has his bounce. For weeks many political experts and pollsters have been wondering why the race between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain had stayed so tight, even after the Illinois senator wrested the nomination from Hillary Clinton.

The latest NEWSWEEK Poll shows the Democrat with a 15-point lead over McCain.

As U.S.-Pakistani tensions mount, Petraeus steps in.

A humbled Bush administration is delivering valedictories everywhere—and pointing hopefully to 'structures' it will leave behind.

Bush's own spokesman is acknowledging his error on Iraq. Why can't the media?