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...
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is the most universally ratified human rights treaty in the history of the United Nations. The treaty lays out childrens’ civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights, recognizing that...
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is the most universally ratified human rights treaty in the history of the United Nations. The treaty lays out childrens’ civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights, recognizing that...
After a year in office, President Joe Biden has yet to follow through on his campaign promise to relieve the student debt crisis. Forty-three million American borrowers are awaiting changes to their collective $1.5 trillion worth of student debt. Thi...
After a year in office, President Joe Biden has yet to follow through on his campaign promise to relieve the student debt crisis. Forty-three million American borrowers are awaiting changes to their collective $1.5 trillion worth of student debt. Thi...
It’s a Sunday evening, and what better way to celebrate the end of a long week than heading out to eat a nice dinner at your favorite restaurant—only to find it empty, with the lights out, and a piece of printer paper taped to the door saying, ...
It’s a Sunday evening, and what better way to celebrate the end of a long week than heading out to eat a nice dinner at your favorite restaurant—only to find it empty, with the lights out, and a piece of printer paper taped to the door saying, ...
In Fall 2021, Mexico’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), proposed important changes to the 2014 Energy Reform law, consolidating his previous stances for a centralized economy. At their core, the proposed amendments suggest that the ...
In Fall 2021, Mexico’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), proposed important changes to the 2014 Energy Reform law, consolidating his previous stances for a centralized economy. At their core, the proposed amendments suggest that the ...
The perennial economic debate is capitalism vs. socialism. Public discourse seems to have abandoned both ends of the spectrum: There are very few people today who still believe that the market can regulate itself. At the same time, history has not ev...
The perennial economic debate is capitalism vs. socialism. Public discourse seems to have abandoned both ends of the spectrum: There are very few people today who still believe that the market can regulate itself. At the same time, history has not ev...
In the 20th century, a select cast of East Asian governments completely redefined the international economic order. It was the era of the Newly Industrialized Country (NIC), where a few highly interventionist states enacted rapid industrial transform...
In the 20th century, a select cast of East Asian governments completely redefined the international economic order. It was the era of the Newly Industrialized Country (NIC), where a few highly interventionist states enacted rapid industrial transform...
In recent years, figures within the Republican Party have broken from conservative economic orthodoxy to advocate for increasingly populist policies. This schism represents a growing threat to party unity heading into the 2022 midterms. While the Rep...
In recent years, figures within the Republican Party have broken from conservative economic orthodoxy to advocate for increasingly populist policies. This schism represents a growing threat to party unity heading into the 2022 midterms. While the Rep...
The recent New York City taxicab driver hunger strike underscores a stark economic reality for cab drivers in major cities around the country: the medallion system is fundamentally broken, and it must be reimagined. Taxicab medallions are a sort of p...
The recent New York City taxicab driver hunger strike underscores a stark economic reality for cab drivers in major cities around the country: the medallion system is fundamentally broken, and it must be reimagined. Taxicab medallions are a sort of p...
Over the last decade, the number of individuals living in New York City homeless shelters surged as high as 50% at times. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on the nation’s homeless population, which is also hit harder by clima...
Over the last decade, the number of individuals living in New York City homeless shelters surged as high as 50% at times. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on the nation’s homeless population, which is also hit harder by clima...
In many major American cities, housing affordability has become a pressing issue. In cities like New York and San Francisco, rents have continued to rise over the past decade, leading to increased homelessness and housing insecurity. While many cause...
In many major American cities, housing affordability has become a pressing issue. In cities like New York and San Francisco, rents have continued to rise over the past decade, leading to increased homelessness and housing insecurity. While many cause...
As the global economy has begun to recover from over a year of Covid-19-related crisis, employers are finding it surprisingly difficult to get employees back to work. Millions of Americans have quit their jobs, and unlike previous recessions, laid-of...
As the global economy has begun to recover from over a year of Covid-19-related crisis, employers are finding it surprisingly difficult to get employees back to work. Millions of Americans have quit their jobs, and unlike previous recessions, laid-of...
The Polish working class has emerged as an unfortunate pawn in recent disputes between the European Union (EU) and the Polish government, and their interests have largely been ignored in negotiations on how to move forward. Poland and its neighbor Hu...
The Polish working class has emerged as an unfortunate pawn in recent disputes between the European Union (EU) and the Polish government, and their interests have largely been ignored in negotiations on how to move forward. Poland and its neighbor Hu...