The AI Productivity Paradox: Hundreds of Billions Spent, Zero Measurable GDP Impact
Despite $410 billion in AI investment in 2025, Goldman Sachs found zero measurable US GDP impact. The AI productivity paradox...
Author: Majid Ali Sanghro
Supply Chain Economics: Nearshoring, Reshoring, and Friendshoring Explained
Reshoring, nearshoring, and friendshoring are restructuring global trade as Mexico overtakes China as the top US import source, a shift...
The Greedflation Debate: Do Corporate Profits Really Drive Inflation?
Research shows corporate profits drove 40-53% of post-pandemic inflation, far above the 11% historical average. As oil prices fall after...
The Economic Cost of Presidential Rhetoric During the Iran Crisis
Presidential social media posts during the 2026 Iran crisis have added a "rhetoric premium" to oil prices, costing American families...
The Singapore Economy: From Resource-Less Island to First-World. An Economic Case Study
The Singapore economy transformed from a resource-less island with $500 GDP per capita to a first-world economy exceeding $87,000 through...
The Economics of the Semiconductor Industry: Chips, Subsidies, and Global Power
The semiconductor industry is an extreme oligopoly with barriers to entry so high that only three companies can make advanced...
Jobs Reports and Labour Markets: Understanding the Numbers Behind Employment Headlines
The March 2026 jobs report showed 178,000 new jobs, but the headline masks falling participation, rising long-term unemployment, and a...
Central Bank Divergence in 2026: Why the Fed, ECB, BoJ, and BoE Are Moving in Opposite Directions
Central Bank Divergence has driven the Fed, ECB, BoJ, and BoE in opposite directions in 2026 due to the Iran...
Behavioral Economics: Nudges, Biases, and Why We Make Irrational Decisions
Behavioral economics reveals how cognitive biases like loss aversion, anchoring, and status quo bias systematically shape economic decisions, and how...
The Phillips Curve: The Trade-Off Between Inflation and Unemployment (And Why It Keeps Breaking)
The Phillips Curve describes the inverse relationship between inflation and unemployment, but it has broken, reformed, and flattened over time....