Economic Activity

In the lead-up to last year’s US presidential election and amid the new administration’s flurry of executive orders, some…

Trump’s tariffs shine a light on New Zealand’s supply chain vulnerabilities. Is it time to revisit the idea of ‘import…

Workers and executives are often segregated by income.

Restaurants labeled as Black-owned saw a 65% increase in online traffic.

The startup sector is cautiously optimistic heading into 2025. Global trends, including AI, sustainability and the…

The use of national tariffs in the US began in 1791, led by Alexander Hamilton, and grew throughout the 19th century, in what…

A McKinsey report focusing on an extremely high job vacancy ratio in recent years cherry-picks data about the state of the U.S.…

NATO is looking wobbly and many of its woes are self inflicted.

The Elon Musk $48 Billion stock-option package and its implications for the EV transition

A long time ago, the US intervened on the side of underwater sovereign borrowers. Private creditors now extract even more than…

Expected loss of ruling party’s parliamentary majority deals stunning blow to prime minister ahead of third term

"'Tis a mystery," except not!

The high cost and risks of the Biden Administration commitment to pursue forever wars with Russia and China.

On the baby bust/falling birthrates freakout.

Why peak oil, like Godot, keeps not arriving.

Climate migration is here, even in rich countries like the US, and set to accelerate.

Quelle surprise! AI is being deployed to censor unwelcome ideas via omission.

Varoufakis weighs in on topics of keen interest: the looting of Greece, then and now, the European left, and Palestine.

The second of a two-part discussion on whither China's economy, emphasizing where the Western press and pundits are off base.

Radical societal transformation is inevitable; a plan for renewable energy could make a difference between catastrophe and…