The example of South Korea suggests that a halt in immigration by low-skilled workers does not boost pay or job conditions for natives.
Read more...On the benefits of urban density and the role of tall buildings in achieving that result.
Read more...Cuba has no option other than to knuckle under in the face of US economic strangulation. What comes next?
Read more...To the frustration of Davos Man, insect agriculture has found it difficult to compete with the traditional meat industry.
Read more...Quelle surprise! Poorer households have to make across-the-board spending cuts when hit with a price shock.
Read more...Oligarch overreach on every front presents challenges—and opportunities.
Read more...Persia’s 19th century fight to drive out the British investors who had obtained monopoly concessions is background to the current crisis.
Read more...It is a curious thing that our politicians and economists in the Uniparty believe that economic growth, now and forevermore, will solve all our problems and cure all our ills. One looks around and it’s clear this is not so. Still, this economics truth was stated with utmost, if utterly spurious, clarity by a former […]
Read more...A case for tackling the corporate machinery driving extreme wealth, and the reforms that could truly curb it.
Read more...Today’s Iran war update starts with a sobering, must-read analysis of the catastrophic real-world damage of a long Strait of Hormuz closure.
Read more...AI is working according to plan, further enriching the owner class at the expense of workers.
Read more...Bill Bergman and Larry Feltes argue that falling trust in government and financial institutions puts the U.S. economy in peril
Read more...The US showed net emigration in 2025, with an increase in expats bumping up over a rising trend line.
Read more...The Great American Food System™ is productive when measured by output, but it is not particularly good at producing wholesome and healthy food for the American people. The nature of healthy food has been argued for the past sixty years, with various food plates, pyramids, and other arrays used to illustrate recommendations of the day. […]
Read more...Africa supplies the minerals for the tech boom – but how it winds up losing out on the gains
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