Economy

The new race in space is about who can interpret data faster

Technology Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - September 30, 2026.

SpaceX plans to launch the Transporter-18 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on 1 October. Among the 130 satellites and other payloads on the...

Europe will move beyond fossil fuels, but it will not move beyond the need for molecules

Energy Ana Palacio - September 30, 2026.

When European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was delivering her State of the Union address in Strasbourg, I was in Washington at a meeting...

Distorted intelligence leads to security breaches

Technology Daron Acemoglu - September 29, 2026.

Following repeated security debacles at OpenAI and Anthropic—both of which have developed agents that ended up hacking external systems—AI safety researchers within both firms have...

What the Stasi archives reveal about the value of technological espionage

Economy TA Analysis - September 28, 2026.

On 27 September, Reuters reported on a new paper by three economists who attempted to answer a question that countries can usually only estimate: how...

Why is the IMF returning to Latin America?

Economy Martín Abeles - September 28, 2026.

For much of the 2000s, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) seemed to have finally distanced itself from the International Monetary Fund. The debt crises of...

Central banks are squeezing the private economy while shielding sovereign debt

Finances Daniel Lacalle - September 28, 2026.

Higher financing costs can weaken households and businesses without causing a financial crash. The danger is that policymakers mistake protected markets for a healthy economy. Central...

Fit for the future? What legacy companies should take from Disney

Technology Elise Quevedo - September 27, 2026.

Disney has been around for more than 100 years, has built one of the world's most valuable entertainment portfolios, and created some of the most...

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