USA

America’s housing market is failing a growing share of households. Prices and rents are at record highs, and homeownership is steadily slipping out of reach for younger generations. In response…

Introduction The US is on the move and the geopolitical scenario has moved quickly away from the certainties of the last ten to fifteen years. Oil could come down to…

For decades, America’s dominance in technology has rested on a simple but powerful principle: permissionless innovation—the idea that individuals and companies are free to build and experiment without first seeking…

For more than a century, America’s greatest strength has been its ability to attract the world’s most talented people — the scientists, engineers, researchers, and entrepreneurs who made the U.S.…

Since returning to office in January 2025, President Donald Trump has made the Federal Reserve a central target of his presidency. At first, there were hints of serious reform, including…

On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) into law—a sweeping package of tax cuts and federal spending presented as a patriotic revival of…

Upon returning to office in January 2025, President Donald J. Trump swiftly reignited his signature “America First” trade agenda. Central to this strategy was a sweeping overhaul of U.S. tariff…

Blaming China for America’s economic woes has become a bipartisan habit, and shipbuilding is the latest target. In 2024, U.S. labor unions filed a Section 301 petition accusing China of…

In May, we examined how the quality of Chinese exports—as measured by the Economic Complexity Index (ECI) developed by Harvard’s Growth Lab—has significantly improved over the past three decades and…

For the first time in over a decade, momentum is building in the United States to raise the federal minimum wage. On April 8, 2025, lawmakers in Congress introduced the…