Reading the Elephant Chart
One chart explains globalization's winners, losers and the politics they produced.
America Spends, China Builds
C+I+G+NX explains why American consumption and Chinese investment look so lopsided.
Winter Reading Economist Insights
Covid-19, Chinese retail, 5G auctions, infrastructure spending and cheap money shaped early 2021.
Reading US Foreign Aid
Charts of American aid show real generosity undermined by yo-yo consistency.
Whose Strategy Is Healthcare?
US healthcare is sub-optimization at scale, and strategy depends on whose seat you take.
Why Tech Giants Hire Economists
Major technology companies hire economists in large numbers to run pricing experiments at scale.
Money Lessons From Middle Schoolers
Scarcity, opportunity cost and budgeting basics that Americans and government both need.
The Scale of US Military Spending
US military spending has long exceeded the next several countries combined.