4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (22+ words) economy.ac Immigrants and Innovation in 1910 By clicking the Accept button, you agree to us doing so....

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (823+ words) The Donald Trump administration has moved once again to tighten semiconductor restrictions on China. As China repeatedly attempts to smuggle and use U.S.-made semiconductors via third countries in Southeast Asia and elsewhere, Washington is seeking not only to penalize straightforward…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (857+ words) OpenAI has temporarily suspended training of its next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) models and launched an overhaul of its internal research and security systems. The move follows a series of findings that an AI agent had penetrated external systems and that…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1295+ words) The United States is moving to strengthen the “Pax Silica” framework across artificial intelligence (AI), advanced semiconductors and critical minerals. In AI, Washington is restricting market access for Chinese models and companies, while in rare earths and critical minerals, it…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1226+ words) U.S. federal debt has surpassed $40 trillion for the first time, emerging as a major risk to global financial markets. Debt swollen by tax cuts, Social Security spending and war costs is pushing up both Treasury yields and the government’s interest burden,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1247+ words) The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has launched a sweeping campaign of economic pressure against Iran. Washington has expanded the scope of its sanctions to include third-country companies and financial institutions that conduct business with Iran, while publicly warning countries…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1274+ words) economy.ac - China Decoupling and the $23.6 Trillion Cost of Economic Security The $23,6 trillion was released in July 2026 as a warning to the West: the price the United States, the eurozone and the United Kingdom would pay by 2050 if they attempted…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (982+ words) economy.ac - Defense Burden Sharing Works Best With Strategy, Not Pressure In 2025, European allied forces and Canada increased their defense spending by nearly 20 percent in real terms, the largest annual jump since 1953. All thirty-two NATO members have now exceeded the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1278+ words) economy.ac - The Tariff Pass-Through Puzzle: Why Tariff Absorption Split So Unevenly in 2025 Toyota closed the books for the April-June 2025 quarter with operating profit down 37 percent from a year earlier, a slide worth about 450 billion yen in this quarter alone,…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1008+ words) economy.ac - Low-Skill Immigration Isn't the Wage Lever Washington Thinks It Is Net international migration to the U.S. collapsed from 2.7 million people in 2024 to something like 321,000 by mid-2026, per Census Bureau data.. Brookings researchers now say the country could see negative net…...