· 18 min read
The Housing Crisis Nobody Talks About: Rural America
While headlines focus on urban markets, small towns face a different but equally devastating housing shortage driven by aging stock and absent investment.
📊 Economy
Financial systems, labor markets, trade policy, and economic inequality.
· 15 min read
Central Bank Digital Currencies: Freedom or Surveillance?
Over 130 countries are exploring CBDCs. The design choices they make now will shape financial privacy for decades.
· 13 min read
The Great Reshoring: Why Factories Are Coming Back
Supply chain shocks have triggered the biggest manufacturing shift in decades. But at what cost to workers and communities?
· 16 min read
Gig Economy 3.0: The Algorithm Is Your Boss
Platforms increasingly use AI to manage, evaluate, and discipline workers. Labor law hasn't caught up.
· 11 min read
The True Cost of "Free" Returns
E-commerce return rates top 30%. The environmental and economic toll is reshaping retail logistics worldwide.
· 14 min read
Inflation Isn't Evenly Distributed
Why the official CPI number masks vastly different experiences depending on income, geography, and age.