Finland’s 2017–19 basic income experiment found no significant employment decline but a 4.7-point improvement in wellbeing scores and measurable reductions in mental health service usage among 2,000 participants.…

When Brent crude rises $10 per barrel — as it has done multiple times since the current Iran conflict escalated — the IMF estimates global GDP contracts by…

The Strait of Hormuz — 34 kilometres wide at its narrowest point — carries 20.5 million barrels of oil per day, accounting for 21% of global oil consumption…

The OECD estimates that 281 million people live outside their country of birth — a 60% increase since 2000. Advanced economies face a structural skills deficit: the EU…

The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act slashed the U.S. federal corporate rate from 35% to 21%, reducing annual federal revenues by an estimated $1.5 trillion over ten…

The Trump administration’s immigration enforcement escalation of 2025 — including mass deportation operations, H-1B processing freezes, and border closures — constitutes the most disruptive shift in U.S. immigration…

UK output per hour worked grew at an average of just 0.5% per year between 2010 and 2024 — less than a quarter of the 2.1% pre-2008 trend.…