Economics
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Global Economic Insights
The Great Western Decline Fallacy How Political Rhetoric Masks True Economic Strength
COPENHAGEN and LONDON — Political leaders on both sides of the Atlantic increasingly portray the West as being in decline,…
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The average weekly mortgage rate, at 6.76%, is not high historically. Inflation is high. And home prices are high.
The United States housing market is currently navigating a period of profound stagnation, characterized by a persistent contraction in sales…
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Automatic Adjustment Mechanisms in Public Pension Design: Navigating Economic, Demographic, and Political Uncertainty Through Structural Reform
Public pension systems across the globe find themselves standing at a critical historical crossroads, forced to navigate a volatile convergence…
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9/11’s Long Shadow: A Quarter-Century Assessment of America’s Response and Global Transformation
As the world marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the tragic events of September 11, 2001, analysts, historians, and policymakers continue…
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Health Insurance Underwriting and the Heterogeneous Effects of the Affordable Care Act
Nearly two decades after its landmark enactment, the Affordable Care Act (ACA)—widely recognized as the most transformative expansion of the…
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The Looming Debt Threat of the Artificial Intelligence Boom
Just as debt markets fueled the global financial near-meltdown that followed the 2007–08 subprime-mortgage crisis, their exposure to AI will…
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Reflecting on the Architecture of Fear: How the Events of September 11, 2001, Redefined Global Politics and American Society
September 11, 2001, began as a Tuesday defined by sparkling clear blue skies, offering no preliminary warning of the paradigm…
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The Global Repercussions of China Manufacturing Dominance and the Illusion of Industrial Job Growth
LONDON — In developed economies, manufacturing employment will decline, regardless of industrial strategies pursued. China’s competitiveness means that any expectation…
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Americans hate, hate, hate high gas prices, but they’re less sensitive to them than auto dealers ironically expected.
The automotive retail sector recently experienced a period of volatility driven by a miscalculation of consumer behavior regarding fuel costs.…
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The 9/11 Era at Twenty-Five: How Al-Qaeda’s Attacks Redefined Global Power Dynamics
Twenty-five years after the devastating terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the geopolitical landscape of the twenty-first century continues to…
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