Mounting evidence presages a change in China’s AI strategy. Ever since Premier Li Qiang proposed China’s “AI Plus” initiative in 2024, Beijing has generally treated AI as a normal technology and ...

Troubles seem to be coming to the eurozone economy not as single spies but in battalions. These troubles include an Iranian-induced energy price shock, an onslaught of Chinese exports in the form of ...

Seldom before have the stars aligned themselves as well for gold’s longer-run price outlook as they have today. It is not simply that the United States has unsustainable public finances, is losing ...

China’s Ministry of Commerce this month released its 2025 bulletin on outbound investment, and, surprise, things look good. Outbound investment climbed 11 percent past $213 billion, a new record. You ...

Congressional Democrats keep choosing lawfare over dialogue. It hasn’t worked yet. As the 2025 New York mayoral election played out, President Donald Trump blasted Zohran Mamdani as a “100% Communist ...

“In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.” It’s a great Oscar Wilde line, one policymakers should always keep front of mind. Be ...

Using detailed revenue-cycle data, we characterize the timing of billing, claims adjudication, and insurer payments across major insurance types. We decompose payment delays into the portions ...

When Donald Trump met Xi Jinping in Beijing in May 2026, the two leaders agreed to establish a relationship of “constructive strategic stability.” Unfortunately, despite this moniker, the new U.S.

There is an unlikely figure who might have saved American schools a great deal of time and trouble teaching children to read over the past half century: the legendary physicist Richard Feynman. In a ...

On a global scale, we have seen a rise in the development and enactment of legislation that bans minors from using social media to keep them safe. But what does early evidence of these bills tell us ...

In this bonus episode, we’re sharing a conversation from our 2026 CEO Retreat in Bangkok. The theme for the event was “What Next? Leadership Through Sustained Disequilibrium.” In this excerpted ...

You can download a pdf copy of this report here. Note: Going forward, quarterly updates will be released of median and average first-time homebuyer age data. The ...