Players of popular open-world racing game The Crew knew the servers would eventually shut down. Ubisoft had announced the game’s end date well in advance — but when that day arrived, it vanished from players’ libraries, with no ‘offline m...
In 2013, Mike Hallatt was banned from every Trader Joe’s in the United States for stocking his car with their goods and reselling them in his Vancouver spinoff store, Pirate Joe’s. Trader Joe’s does not have any stores in Canada, yet their good...
Tech executives have spent the last two years making sweeping claims about what AI will mean for human labor. In a December 2025 study by the Harvard Business Review, 90 percent of executives surveyed reported seeing a “moderate or a great deal of ...
The surprise announcement of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s resignation in August has renewed an international debate over the efficacy of Abe’s massive economic reforms. Abe, who resigned due to health issues, was the longest-tenured prime...
The surprise announcement of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s resignation in August has renewed an international debate over the efficacy of Abe’s massive economic reforms. Abe, who resigned due to health issues, was the longest-tenured prime...
The recent history of the world economy has been one scarred with recurring crises. The financial crisis of 2008 delivered a severe blow to the global economy, but it would be dwarfed in 2020 by the recession induced by the Covid-19 pandemic. In both...
The recent history of the world economy has been one scarred with recurring crises. The financial crisis of 2008 delivered a severe blow to the global economy, but it would be dwarfed in 2020 by the recession induced by the Covid-19 pandemic. In both...
Cryptocurrency – once thought of as a lucrative way to make quick cash has transformed into treacherous and illegal territory. Left unchecked, an unregulated market for cryptocurrencies will continue to be used by international criminals for money ...
Cryptocurrency – once thought of as a lucrative way to make quick cash has transformed into treacherous and illegal territory. Left unchecked, an unregulated market for cryptocurrencies will continue to be used by international criminals for money ...
Editor’s Note: This article was written in March 2020, before the period of sudden change following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. It has been very lightly edited since then. Competition has long been hailed as the hallmark of laissez-fair...
Editor’s Note: This article was written in March 2020, before the period of sudden change following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. It has been very lightly edited since then. Competition has long been hailed as the hallmark of laissez-fair...
Water scarcity currently affects billions of people worldwide. In the coming years, it is expected to become increasingly severe due to global climate change. In order to mitigate the devastating consequences of water scarcity, national governments w...
Water scarcity currently affects billions of people worldwide. In the coming years, it is expected to become increasingly severe due to global climate change. In order to mitigate the devastating consequences of water scarcity, national governments w...
With over $7 trillion in assets under management, BlackRock is the world’s largest investment management firm. So, when BlackRock CEO Larry Fink released his annual letter to CEOs, Wall Street reacted intensely. The letter was about risk and “the...
With over $7 trillion in assets under management, BlackRock is the world’s largest investment management firm. So, when BlackRock CEO Larry Fink released his annual letter to CEOs, Wall Street reacted intensely. The letter was about risk and “the...
The national debt currently stands at almost $25 trillion, with interest of $382 billion. However, it receives minimal attention. Since the 1960s, we have seen the number of federal programs increase dramatically, pushing the US further into debt. Th...
The national debt currently stands at almost $25 trillion, with interest of $382 billion. However, it receives minimal attention. Since the 1960s, we have seen the number of federal programs increase dramatically, pushing the US further into debt. Th...
There’s no question about it: prescription drug costs in the United States are unaffordable for many Americans. So whose fault is it? Consumers and politicians generally place most of the blame on ‘Big Pharma,’ alleging that, as the entity resp...
There’s no question about it: prescription drug costs in the United States are unaffordable for many Americans. So whose fault is it? Consumers and politicians generally place most of the blame on ‘Big Pharma,’ alleging that, as the entity resp...
Nord Stream 2 may well be the most controversial construction project in the world. The 1,200 kilometer pipeline, extending from Northwestern Russia to Northeastern Germany via the Baltic Sea, has alarmed European and American leaders alike. Critics ...
Nord Stream 2 may well be the most controversial construction project in the world. The 1,200 kilometer pipeline, extending from Northwestern Russia to Northeastern Germany via the Baltic Sea, has alarmed European and American leaders alike. Critics ...
The private equity (PE) industry has faced its fair share of public scrutiny over the years. However, recent high-profile PE acquisitions of popular retailers like Payless Shoes, Deadspin, Shopko, and RadioShack have revived criticisms of the controv...
The private equity (PE) industry has faced its fair share of public scrutiny over the years. However, recent high-profile PE acquisitions of popular retailers like Payless Shoes, Deadspin, Shopko, and RadioShack have revived criticisms of the controv...
Chinese technology and telecommunication company Huawei is a rising giant in the global marketplace. However, China is increasingly characterized as a central threat to U.S. interests at home and abroad, and it touts state-backed Huawei as its crown ...
Chinese technology and telecommunication company Huawei is a rising giant in the global marketplace. However, China is increasingly characterized as a central threat to U.S. interests at home and abroad, and it touts state-backed Huawei as its crown ...
In today’s divisive sociopolitical climate, the subsidization of private education in the United States has become yet another polarized, hot-button topic. Specifically, under the leadership of current Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, the issue of ...
In today’s divisive sociopolitical climate, the subsidization of private education in the United States has become yet another polarized, hot-button topic. Specifically, under the leadership of current Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, the issue of ...