Germany at an Inflection Point: The Industrial Giant That Must Reinvent Itself
For most of the post-war period, Germany's economic model was almost perfectly calibrated for the conditions it faced. A highly skilled industrial wor…
The Housing Math That Does Not Add Up: Why Building More Homes Is Harder Than It Sounds
The argument for building more housing is simple enough that it can be stated in a single sentence: there are more households who want homes than ther…
The Return of American Unions: Why Organized Labor Is Winning Again
The image that defined American labor for much of the twentieth century was the industrial union: tens of thousands of workers in a single factory or …
Electric Vehicle Revolution Accelerates Across the Americas
The Americas are experiencing a rapid transformation in transportation as electric vehicles (EVs) gain traction across the region. Governments, busine…
Border Cities at the Crossroads: El Paso, Laredo, and the Economy That Runs on Two Nations
There is a version of the American border story that lives entirely in Washington, expressed in terms of enforcement budgets, detention capacity, and …
The Rust Belt Reborn: How Midwest Manufacturing Towns Are Writing a New Chapter
For decades, the story of places like Youngstown, Ohio, and Gary, Indiana, was told in the past tense. Steel mills shuttered. Populations thinned. Dow…
Global Trade Winds Shift as US-China Tensions Reshape Supply Chains
The decoupling of American and Chinese supply chains is beginning to show up in the data in ways that are reshaping global commerce. New research docu…
Housing Crisis Deepens as Mortgage Rates Hover Near 7 Percent
America's housing affordability crisis shows no signs of abating as mortgage rates remain stubbornly elevated, pricing millions of would-be buyers out…
Federal Reserve Signals Pause in Rate Hikes Amid Mixed Economic Data
The Federal Reserve indicated Wednesday it may hold interest rates steady at its next meeting, citing a complex economic landscape marked by cooling i…