AI startups have an unexpected business partner: the tiny Caribbean island polity of Anguilla. In 1980, Anguilla, a territory of the United Kingdom, was awarded the .ai domain name by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). This fairly arbitr...
Ireland is your favorite multinational corporation’s favorite country. Why? Over the last 25 years, the country has molded itself into a leading corporate tax haven, shielding businesses with subsidiaries in Ireland from worldwide taxation. Drawing...
The convenience of a cashless transaction is hard to resist. It promises the ease of paying for a coffee with the tap of your phone, of not having to remember to bring your wallet everywhere or go through the humbling process of testing your basic ar...
On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan into law, delivering $1.9 trillion to help the country recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. This package included a record expansion of the Child Tax Credit, increasing the monetary va...
On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan into law, delivering $1.9 trillion to help the country recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. This package included a record expansion of the Child Tax Credit, increasing the monetary va...
Since the industrial revolution, wealth has been used as a way to measure a country’s prosperity—income has been synonymous with well-being. In more recent years, however, those seeking to quantify development have turned to other, more holistic,...
Since the industrial revolution, wealth has been used as a way to measure a country’s prosperity—income has been synonymous with well-being. In more recent years, however, those seeking to quantify development have turned to other, more holistic,...
It is no secret that the culture surrounding work has shifted in the wake of the Covid pandemic. The American labor shortage has occurred in tandem with the ‘Great Resignation,’ but this shortage is not just happening in the United States. Labor ...
It is no secret that the culture surrounding work has shifted in the wake of the Covid pandemic. The American labor shortage has occurred in tandem with the ‘Great Resignation,’ but this shortage is not just happening in the United States. Labor ...
In the early hours of September 15, 2022, the Biden administration closed a tentative deal between union negotiators and railroad companies to avoid a work stoppage that threatened to hamstring America’s already-fragile supply chain. Railroad worke...
In the early hours of September 15, 2022, the Biden administration closed a tentative deal between union negotiators and railroad companies to avoid a work stoppage that threatened to hamstring America’s already-fragile supply chain. Railroad worke...
After Hurricane Ian devastated large swaths of the island, Puerto Rico faces a colossal task: rebuilding its critical infrastructure and restoring power to the hundreds of thousands that lost it in the storm. Its efforts to address the damage will fa...
After Hurricane Ian devastated large swaths of the island, Puerto Rico faces a colossal task: rebuilding its critical infrastructure and restoring power to the hundreds of thousands that lost it in the storm. Its efforts to address the damage will fa...
Yvon Chouinard, the founder and CEO of outdoor apparel company Patagonia, has recently announced that he will be giving away his $3 billion company with the intention that all future profits will help fight climate change and protect undeveloped land...
Yvon Chouinard, the founder and CEO of outdoor apparel company Patagonia, has recently announced that he will be giving away his $3 billion company with the intention that all future profits will help fight climate change and protect undeveloped land...
For the past two years, the nature of work in the United States changed drastically. From March 2021 to July 2022, at least 3.7 million workers quit their jobs every month, the highest level on record since the Bureau of Labor Statistics first starte...
For the past two years, the nature of work in the United States changed drastically. From March 2021 to July 2022, at least 3.7 million workers quit their jobs every month, the highest level on record since the Bureau of Labor Statistics first starte...
As of late, rising rent has increasingly plagued large cities across the United States. Homeownership is a crucial aspect of building personal wealth and improving one’s socioeconomic status, but it has become unattainable for millions of American...
As of late, rising rent has increasingly plagued large cities across the United States. Homeownership is a crucial aspect of building personal wealth and improving one’s socioeconomic status, but it has become unattainable for millions of American...
On April 1 2022, an Amazon facility in Staten Island became the first in the company’s history to vote in favor of unionization. Amazon Labor Union has been advocating for the unionization of workers across the corporation since April 2021 and has ...
On April 1 2022, an Amazon facility in Staten Island became the first in the company’s history to vote in favor of unionization. Amazon Labor Union has been advocating for the unionization of workers across the corporation since April 2021 and has ...
When we enter a grocery store, we are immediately bombarded with all sorts of buzzwords: “cage-free,” “free range,” “sustainable,” “grass fed.” The list of labels is endless. Most of us are happy to pay a small premium for these produ...
When we enter a grocery store, we are immediately bombarded with all sorts of buzzwords: “cage-free,” “free range,” “sustainable,” “grass fed.” The list of labels is endless. Most of us are happy to pay a small premium for these produ...
Few public assistance programs in the United States have attracted as much political attention as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). These progra...
Few public assistance programs in the United States have attracted as much political attention as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). These progra...
President Joe Biden issued an executive order on February 11 declaring that he intends to split $7 billion of Afghan money currently held in the US Federal Reserve in New York between humanitarian aid for Afghanistan and compensation for the families...
President Joe Biden issued an executive order on February 11 declaring that he intends to split $7 billion of Afghan money currently held in the US Federal Reserve in New York between humanitarian aid for Afghanistan and compensation for the families...