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America's K-Shaped Economy Is Held Together by the Spending of the Very Rich
The U.S. economy keeps defying recession calls, but the spending keeping it afloat is concentrated in fewer hands than most realise.
Economy
The Firm as the Missing Link in Development Economics
Development economists have long debated states versus markets. The answer to why countries grow may have been hiding inside the firm all along.
Economy
India's GDP Was Smaller Than We Thought — and That Changes Everything
India's economy just got smaller on paper — but the same revision reveals it's growing faster than anyone had measured.
Economy
The Counterintuitive Truth About Who Is Actually Raising Your Electric Bill
AI data centres are consuming record amounts of power, but the forces actually driving up American electricity bills are far older and less glamorous.
Economy
Europe's $30 Trillion Pension Problem and the Dutch Model Nobody Is Copying
Europe's pension systems are sitting on a $30 trillion missed opportunity, and the blueprint for fixing it has existed in the Netherlands for decades.
Economy
Iran's Energy Shock Is Giving Markets an Uncomfortable Case of Déjà Vu
As Iran rattles energy markets, investors are experiencing an unsettling replay of 2022 — and the second-order consequences could be far harder to contain.
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Gulf Energy Panic: How the Iran War Is Strangling Asia's Economies
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The Dash for Trash: Why Buying the Worst Stocks Might Be the Smartest Move
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The Strait of Hormuz Cannot Be Solved With Warships
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Russia's Vienna Rooftops Are Talking, and Western Intelligence Is Listening Back
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The Ancient Japanese Social Ritual That Six American Towns Are Using to Fight Loneliness
Six American communities are borrowing an ancient Okinawan social ritual to fight a loneliness epidemic that affects more than half of U.S. adults.
Economy
Nowruz Under Fire: Tehran Faces Its Most Fraught New Year in Decades
As US and Israeli strikes intensify, Tehran's most beloved annual celebration becomes a measure of how much ordinary life has already been lost.