The biggest difference between China and the US today is not ideological, but lies in their respective abilities to get things done.
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The expansion of Arctic shipping, scramble for seafloor mining and overfishing are all straining international relationships. But the powers of diplomacy go beyond ocean treaties.
The new strategic reserve may provide the West with greater access to key minerals. But China still dominates the processing of many of them.
Rarely are sports stadiums financed entirely with private funds.
The disappearance of 500-euro notes and the creation of bitcoin have led money laundering networks to pay drug traffickers in cryptocurrencies and ship cash to Dubai (United Arab Emirates).
Trump is the predictable result of the deteriorating economic conditions in the U.S. since the 1980s and the political machinations that brought those economic conditions about.
As 2026 begins, uncertainty is at the top of everyone’s mind.
From societies without money to profiteering aliens, the world of Star Trek has more to say about economics than you might think.
Some regimes may be tempted to shut down the internet to maintain stability. But new research shows why reducing the wealth gap has become crucial for maintaining security.
The richest Americans can largely avoid paying income and other taxes. A new book explains the history.
Wednesday’s budget update will project a better budget deficit then what was predicted.
Most Christmas trees are imported from other states, which drives up costs.
A few hundred extra dollars a month would go a long way for many Coloradans.
Tariffs are taxes on imports, but the costs don’t stay at the border.
An innovative study mapped preterm births, low birth weights and infant mortality to municipal water wells downstream from PFAS-contaminated sites. The results show the high cost of PFAS harm.
In 2024, only about 1 in 3 newly minted economics Ph.D.s were women.
Traditional economics can’t respond to global crises like inequality and climate change.
Over the past half-century, a rising share of economic activity in the UK and other rich countries has been connected with ‘bad’ wealth accumulation.
Demographic shifts are predictable, but pension reforms fail when politics triumphs over economics.
A first-of-its-kind study finds Amazon’s delivery drivers earn less and face more instability than their unionized counterparts.
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