Economics

There is an off-ramp for the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, but it requires taking economic incentives seriously

The Business Optimism Index falls to 4.1 percentage points for Q2

The research firm imagined a tax on the use of AI, and the establishment of a public claim on the returns from AI infrastructure

Lessons from history for Venezuela and Iran

Reality proves more complex with non-traditional factors at play, including structural shifts

Tech, trade, finance and military policies are mingling in a manner not seen during the neoliberal era

The economics prize has been dominated by US academics since its inception

What’s behind the ambition, on both the left and right, to promote a transformative vision of the field?

Breakthroughs in the field are rare, but we have an impressive catalogue of possible solutions to real-word problems