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 ...
When President Joe Biden took office in 2021, he immediately sought to undo much of his predecessor’s agenda. Indeed, President Biden’s victory over former President Trump can be largely attributed to a deep desire among many Americans to sto...
When President Joe Biden took office in 2021, he immediately sought to undo much of his predecessor’s agenda. Indeed, President Biden’s victory over former President Trump can be largely attributed to a deep desire among many Americans to sto...
In this year of crises, the plight of the Ever Given was, without doubt, the most absurd. While attempting to cross the Suez Canal during high winds, the massive container ship was forced to travel at an unsafe speed and subsequently run aground. Nat...
In this year of crises, the plight of the Ever Given was, without doubt, the most absurd. While attempting to cross the Suez Canal during high winds, the massive container ship was forced to travel at an unsafe speed and subsequently run aground. Nat...
There’s a certain unfortunate cynicism to calling economic progressives and Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama “socialists.” Fiscal conservatives have lodged this accusation against Democrats for decades. This line was recently used by Danie...
There’s a certain unfortunate cynicism to calling economic progressives and Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama “socialists.” Fiscal conservatives have lodged this accusation against Democrats for decades. This line was recently used by Danie...
When it comes to fiscal policy, pundits love to talk about price tags. Whether discussing President Biden’s proposed “$3.5 trillion” reconciliation bill, or the “$1.9 trillion” American Rescue Plan, right-leaning political commentators, jou...
When it comes to fiscal policy, pundits love to talk about price tags. Whether discussing President Biden’s proposed “$3.5 trillion” reconciliation bill, or the “$1.9 trillion” American Rescue Plan, right-leaning political commentators, jou...
In March 2020, Congress overwhelmingly passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in an attempt to address the recession induced by the Covid-19 crisis. While several aspects of the CARES Act, such as stimulus checks, have ...
In March 2020, Congress overwhelmingly passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in an attempt to address the recession induced by the Covid-19 crisis. While several aspects of the CARES Act, such as stimulus checks, have ...
The American economy is unique for many reasons – most notably, its failure to regulate education and healthcare. In both sectors, this has led to per capita spending that is far too high, and results that are significantly lower than those of our ...
The American economy is unique for many reasons – most notably, its failure to regulate education and healthcare. In both sectors, this has led to per capita spending that is far too high, and results that are significantly lower than those of our ...
A capitalist society gives up a lot in return for efficiency and cheap rates. In the food industry, the corporations that are able to produce and distribute quickly are often able to do so at a cheaper cost due to their ability to scale, but they sac...
A capitalist society gives up a lot in return for efficiency and cheap rates. In the food industry, the corporations that are able to produce and distribute quickly are often able to do so at a cheaper cost due to their ability to scale, but they sac...
The Covid-19 pandemic sent unemployment rates soaring around the world in early 2020, with rates in the United States hitting highs since data started to be collected in 1948. And while the entire world suffered, not everyone suffered proportionately...
The Covid-19 pandemic sent unemployment rates soaring around the world in early 2020, with rates in the United States hitting highs since data started to be collected in 1948. And while the entire world suffered, not everyone suffered proportionately...
Our imagination of the American middle class is far more a social construct than an economic fact. The middle-class ethos is often characterized by a steady stream of income, occupational stability, education, and family culture. Self-identifying as ...
Our imagination of the American middle class is far more a social construct than an economic fact. The middle-class ethos is often characterized by a steady stream of income, occupational stability, education, and family culture. Self-identifying as ...
Food waste is among the most significant – and overlooked – contributors to climate change today, accounting for about eight percent of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. Indeed, if it were its own country, food waste would have the third l...
Food waste is among the most significant – and overlooked – contributors to climate change today, accounting for about eight percent of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. Indeed, if it were its own country, food waste would have the third l...
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization officially categorized Covid-19 as a pandemic. This designation confirmed the anxieties of many at the time – primarily, that life was about to fundamentally change. The realities imposed by the spre...
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization officially categorized Covid-19 as a pandemic. This designation confirmed the anxieties of many at the time – primarily, that life was about to fundamentally change. The realities imposed by the spre...
“How will Americans survive a pandemic with just a single $1200 check?” This question has made the rounds on Twitter for the past year, especially amongst progressive commentators and politicians. Critics of the stimulus point to the massive ...
“How will Americans survive a pandemic with just a single $1200 check?” This question has made the rounds on Twitter for the past year, especially amongst progressive commentators and politicians. Critics of the stimulus point to the massive ...