For much of the past decade, Europe has been weighed down by prolonged economic stagnation. Growth has slowed, productivity has stalled, and even the continent’s largest economies—Germany and France among them—have struggled to regain momentum. Yet amid this malaise, one …
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As the story goes, there are no free rides. The costs of each journey must necessarily be borne by someone. …
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America’s housing market is failing a growing share of households. Prices and rents are at record highs, and homeownership is …
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Introduction The UK Budget papers of November 2025 acknowledge the funding models through which the government plans to increase the …
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For more than two decades, the EU–Mercosur agreement remained out of reach—endlessly negotiated, periodically revived, and repeatedly declared dead. Since …
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Introduction The US is on the move and the geopolitical scenario has moved quickly away from the certainties of the …
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Few economic collapses in modern history have been as dramatic, prolonged, and devastating as Venezuela’s. Once the wealthiest country in …
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Introduction The UK government’s November 2025 Budget supplied ample corroboration of our report published by IREF in October 2025 (‘the …