A shortage of skilled labor hinders U.S. reindustrialization A U.S.–Korea deal should trade investment and tariff relief for targeted, time-limited visas This compact speeds factory rollouts now and …

Put talent—not tariffs—at the center of the India–U.S. deal U.S. factories need skilled workers now; India can supply them through stable visa pathways Tie mobility to wage floors, apprenticeships, a…

Put talent—not tariffs—at the center of the India–U.S. deal U.S. factories need skilled workers now; India can supply them through stable visa pathways Tie mobility to wage floors, apprenticeships, a…

Households’ inflation beliefs move more with media framing than ECB verbosity Extra, unscheduled talk can backfire; clarity, timing, and audiovisual formats anchor expectations Make communication a m…

Households’ inflation beliefs move more with media framing than ECB verbosity Extra, unscheduled talk can backfire; clarity, timing, and audiovisual formats anchor expectations Make communication a m…

Reshoring works only when automation slashes unit labor costs Raise robot density and software-driven productivity, not tariffs Tie incentives to verified plant gains and workforce upskilling One key…

U.S. tariffs mix security aims with bargaining, causing confusion. Allies hedge by shifting trade and investment toward China and cheaper energy, blunting U.S. leverage Policy needs clear, separate g…

The UK–India pact swaps targeted tariff cuts for larger services and mobility gains Phased quotas protect adjustment while amplifying each side’s comparative strengths Biggest risk: an EU–India deal;…

The UK–India pact swaps targeted tariff cuts for larger services and mobility gains Phased quotas protect adjustment while amplifying each side’s comparative strengths Biggest risk: an EU–India deal;…

The UK–India pact swaps targeted tariff cuts for larger services and mobility gains Phased quotas protect adjustment while amplifying each side’s comparative strengths Biggest risk: an EU–India deal;…

Same cash backbone, different rules: MMFs pay yield; stablecoins move money fast Receive tuition via regulated stablecoins, then auto-sweep into MMFs/tokenized T-bills This two-rail setup cuts cross-…

Same cash backbone, different rules: MMFs pay yield; stablecoins move money fast Receive tuition via regulated stablecoins, then auto-sweep into MMFs/tokenized T-bills This two-rail setup cuts cross-…

Search behaves like reinforcement learning, rewarding confirmation Narrow queries and clicks shrink exposure at scale Break the loop with IV-style ranking and teach students to triangulate queries Th…

Search behaves like reinforcement learning, rewarding confirmation Narrow queries and clicks shrink exposure at scale Break the loop with IV-style ranking and teach students to triangulate queries Th…

Student well-being is falling fast AI chatbots are spreading quickly Without safeguards, risks will escalate In the 2023–24 academic year, only 38% of U.S. college students exhibited "positive mental…

AI’s IMO gold isn’t AGI Deploy it as an instrumented calculator Require refusal metrics and proof logs In July 2025, two advanced AI systems achieved "gold medal–level" results in the International…

AI’s IMO gold isn’t AGI Deploy it as an instrumented calculator Require refusal metrics and proof logs In July 2025, two advanced AI systems achieved "gold medal–level" results in the International…

LLMs are not conscious, only probabilistic parrota They often mislead through errors, biases, and manipulations Education must use them as tools, never as advisors In August 2025, researchers conduct…

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This article is based on ideas originally published by VoxEU – Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and has been independently rewritten and extended by The Economy editorial team. While inspir…