This week, Jews the world over will read a biblical tale about an impoverished widow, a kind prophet, and a cruse of oil, ...

Does the global economy alternate between laissez-faire and state intervention?The 19th century was laissez-faire, the mid-20th century was state intervention, the 1980s brought neoliberalism, and the ...

ROBERT STAIGER WTO CHIEF ECONOMIST In my previous two posts on the value of the WTO, I argued that when governments set trade policies independently, they focus on domestic effects but often overlook ...

The ocean is becoming more acidic. The planet is warming. Biodiversity is under pressure. And the environmental boundaries ...

Yacine Hanaya, founder and president of Montreal-based agency ALEIA, urged entrepreneurs to make AI a lever for their teams rather than a means of replacing them. He spoke as guest of honour at the ...

On the night of October 21, 2026, the Prime Minister of Japan posted this on X (formerly Twitter): 'I have an urgent request ...

Intermittent electricity, ideologues have long insisted, is low-cost. I show why they’re wrong – and detail some implications ...

The launch of Pix, Brazil’s free instant payment system, increased the share of businesses and individuals filing income tax ...

In Louisville, asthma weighs heaviest on people who are already struggling. The reasons for the disparity are 'insidious.' ...

Inside Barcelona’s new tourism strategy that ‘selects’ its visitors and uses a Netflix-style algorithm - The first-of-its-kind tourism model will use algorithmic technology to try to shape how Barcelo ...

The Copenhagen settlement of 1857 shows how they can answer it, by buying out a toll without conceding any right to levy it. For roughly four centuries Denmark levied the Sound Dues on vessels passing ...