For the past six years, columnist and assistant managing editor Rana Foroohar has explored the global economy for TIME from practically every angle. She has interviewed and profiled some of its most influential players--including CEOs like Mary Barra and Howard Schultz, investors Carl Icahn and Warren Buffett, and Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. She has used her Curious Capitalist column to explore vital issues, from the impact of immigration reform to the prospects for the stock market and our retirement accounts. And she has ventured anywhere necessary to connect TIME's readers with the real economy, whether that's a production line in Schenectady, N.Y., shipping batteries around the world, or a Chicago high school where educators and business leaders are figuring out how to help young people prepare for the jobs…
