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How Trump squandered the economic recovery
When Donald Trump was 13, his father caught him with a hidden cache of switchblades. Fred Trump, according to Tony Schwartz, who ghostwrote the president's book “The Art of the Deal,” was “a very brutal guy” — a…
5 numbers that defy the Trump economy doomers
The doomer case against the Trump economy isn't imaginary. It's built on real price pain, real anger and real political ammunition. After the April inflation report showed consumer prices up 3.8 percent over the previous year, the Democratic…
What Zara And Bad Bunny Teach Us About The New Economics Of Cultural Relevance
The Bad Bunny–Zara collaboration suggests an evolution: rather than simply selling fashion, Zara is investing in cultural meaning. When Bad Bunny appeared during the 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show wearing custom Zara pieces, most observers…
Watch The Aluminum Shock Hitting the Global Economy
The Aluminum Shock Hitting the Global Economy The global aluminum market is being squeezed by two powerful forces at once: conflict in the Middle East and rising US tariffs. Industry executives say disruptions to production and shipping in the Gulf…
Lithuania warns Russian economy is 'built on war
“From Russia, we're facing incursion into our airspace with jets [and] cyberattacks,” the defense minister said. “It's not a hypothetical threat.” This is not a new concern — experts and think tanks, such as the…
White House economic director downplays Americans' economic anxiety amid high gas prices and inflation
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett painted a rosy picture of the economy Sunday, downplaying Americans' growing pessimism about the economy amid high gas prices and rising inflation as the Iran war goes on. 'Look at what's happening…
Why the economy forces boomers to work longer, then vilifies them for it
There is a scene in “ The Devil Wears Prada 2 ” where legendary fashion editor Miranda Priestly, played by Meryl Streep, is walking alone through Milan's fashion district. Her influence has been built on instinct and staying ahead of…
Editorial | One small step, one giant leap for Hong Kong's space economy
With the first Hong Kong astronaut on board, China's Shenzhou-23 mission has opened up new horizons. It sends a clear message that space technology and exploration is not out of reach for a place traditionally known for its strength in finance and…
How China will play a major role in Benin's economic growth as a new era begins
In Cotonou, Benin's largest city and economic capital located on the southern Atlantic coast, construction crews are busy building major projects, stretching from large-scale port upgrades to the asphalt-paving of the commercial hub's main roads.
Russia comes after Western technology as sanctions squeeze the economy
Russia's intelligence agencies have grown more aggressive in their efforts to steal Western technology and defense secrets as sanctions squeeze the country's wartime economy, three senior European intelligence officials told The Associated Press.
Trump's Top Economic Advisor Touts Growing Wages - But There's A Problem
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett was touting growing wages during a “Fox News Sunday” interview before host Shannon Bream reminded him about inflation data. The Consumer Price Index (CPI), a broad measure of the cost…
Germany's Economic Stagnation Has a Root Cause - and It's in the Classroom
From Innovation Leader to Educational Decline: Germany's Growing Crisis According to a study commissioned by UNICEF, only 60 percent of 15-year-olds in Germany still possess a “minimum level of competence” in reading and mathematics.
The story behind how Lithuania is perfectly aligned to capitalize on an emerging space economy
Though the US and China still dominate deadlines with billion-dollar launch programs, a quieter transformation is happening as smaller nations seek to build up the necessary infrastructure behind the space economy, and European underdogs are…
The 'Permacession' Theory Suggests The Economy Isn't That Bad, But Everyone Is Too Unhappy To Notice
In a piece for The Atlantic, economics and politics journalist Annie Lowrey introduced the idea of a “permacession,” or a permanent recession in which Americans are convinced the economy is constantly on life support even when it's…
I wrote that Boomers were choking America's economy. Their responses to me were revealing
I thought I was writing an interesting column about demographic changes and structural forces in the economy, but “ the pig and the python ” struck a nerve. America's Boomers told me so. The piece argued that the U.S. economy is like…
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