Economy

Europe should not look to US and China while solving its productivity crisis

Economy Dani Rodrik - October 12, 2026.

Europe faces a productivity crisis. Over the past quarter-century, its labor productivity has risen only half as rapidly as that of the United States, widening...

Europe is regulating its rental homes out of existence

Economy Daniel Lacalle - October 12, 2026.

From Barcelona to Berlin, and from Amsterdam to Dublin, rent caps and ever heavier state intervention have barely protected sitting tenants while shrinking supply, deterring...

Cubans turn to free community pharmacies as medicines grow scarce

Economy TA | AP Insight - October 11, 2026.

Every Thursday and Sunday at noon, dozens of people gather outside an apartment building in Havana’s Vedado neighborhood. Laura Mendoza comes downstairs, checks their names...

The World Bank’s crisis funding comes from development projects

Economy Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - October 11, 2026.

World Bank President Ajay Banga said on 11 October, ahead of the annual meetings of the institution and the International Monetary Fund in Bangkok, that...

Abu Dhabi’s AI transition

Technology Elise Quevedo - October 11, 2026.

From sovereign AI and government-wide deployment to enterprise adoption and intelligent infrastructure, Ai Everything Abu Dhabi 2026 showed why the next phase of the global...

Who profits when states fund chip factories?

Economy TA Analysis - October 10, 2026.

Research by two economists from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), whose findings the agency highlighted when presenting its annual report on...

Most states do not have funds ready to save a big bank

Finances TA Analysis - October 9, 2026.

In March 2023, three banks – US-based Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, as well as the British subsidiary of Silicon Valley Bank – lost...

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