The American economy is currently being propped up by the belief that AI will exponentially boost worker productivity. But the excitement has outpaced reality, and when this bubble bursts, the fallout will be felt disproportionately by workers and consumers.

As President Trump imposes a new fee on the H-1B visa, economists express concern about how this fee can diminish America’s competitive advantage on the world stage and to what degree foreign labor-dependent industries will be impacted.

The diminishing popularity of the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party and its ineffectiveness as a governing body — especially relating to economic issues — have led to a rise in right-wing populist ideologies.

The United States' reign as the world's undisputed tech leader is in jeopardy as China methodically closes the gap. This decline is being accelerated by inconsistent domestic policies that erode the very advantages that once secured its top position.

President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” reimagines higher education not as a public good but as a battlefield, wielding endowment taxes and student loan restrictions as weapons against elite universities. Doing so punishes middle-income students most of all, trading their American Dream for fleeting political victories.

Only nine months later, Americans have all but abandoned the brief class consciousness that emerged after the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Despite the country moving on, the cultural and legal issues this moment illuminated still persist. How do we solve them? And how do we move forward

A look into the dangerous game of financial freedom and regulation, how governments can weaponize a centralized financial power against opposition protest movements, and the cryptocurrencies opposition movements rely on to persevere.

Two years after the breakout of the Ukraine war, the burgeoning economic alliances between autocratic nations have become a threat to economic sanctions as a viable method of quelling the Russian assault. Unless sanctions broaden their attack to corporations enabling evasions, they fail to stop or even disincentivize the Russian offense.