One Currency, Four Economies, a Six-Point Unemployment Gap
Euro area unemployment averages 6.3 percent, but Germany is at 3.9 and Spain at 10.1, under one interest rate. And...
Global Economic Insights
Gain valuable economic insights into the fundamental dynamics of the global economy
AI Job Displacement Is No Longer a Forecast
Almost everything written about artificial intelligence and employment is about the future. Studies estimate what share of tasks could be...
Global Economic Resilience: Five Shocks in Five Years
Global economic resilience has held through five distinct shocks since 2020, from pandemic to Hormuz closure, but rebuilding fiscal and...
K-Shaped Recovery Economics: Structural Divergence After the Polycrisis
K-shaped recovery economics describes the structural divergence after 2020, where leading firms, sectors and regions accelerated while others stagnated, driven...
The Economics of Data: How a Non-Rival Resource Rewrites Market Rules
Excerpt: Alphabet earns $350 billion, Meta $164 billion, and users pay nothing. The economics of data explains why the world's...
The Silver Economy: How Aging Populations Are Reshaping Global Growth
The silver economy, projected to reach $96 trillion by 2050, is reshaping global consumption, labor markets, and fiscal policy as...
The Economics of Cryptocurrency: Money, Speculation, and Decentralised Finance
Bitcoin went from zero to a $1.5 trillion asset. The economics of cryptocurrency explains why 137 countries are now building...
The Economics of Space Exploration: The Commercial Space Race
In the economics of space exploration, the commercial space race has cut launch costs by over 95%, driven by reusable...
Is Deglobalization Real? What the Data Actually Shows About Global Trade in 2026
Despite headlines of deglobalization, global trade grew faster in 2025 than any year since 2017. The world is rewiring, not...
Nobel Prize in Economics 2024: Insights on Institutions and Global Prosperity by Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson
Explore the Nobel Prize in Economics 2024 awarded to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson for their research on...