Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor-in-chief of The Economist Magazine, discusses tariffs, U.S. economic outlook and a moment of global uncertainty.

Revenge spending on live events is so last year.

The Trump administration is focused on testing Humphrey’s Executor, a 90-year-old legal precedent that requires cause for firing independent agency appointees.

Bloomberg found farm bankruptcies were up 55% in 2024. They’re trending even higher this year. 

“Betrayal” is the word that came up often with residents of Thunder Bay, Ontario.

More than a fifth of welders in the U.S. are over the age of 55. Demand for new ones is expected to increase.

As many as 80% of the toys we buy in the U.S. are manufactured in China. The trade war will likely speed up the shift to those other countries.

If more undocumented immigrants stop filing and begin working outside of the traditional payroll system, the annual gap between taxes owed and taxes paid could widen.

Faced with a potential loss of revenue from exports, China is trying novel ideas to stimulate its domestic consumption.

These companies are trying to predict when the resilient American consumer will break under rising prices and stop splurging on things like travel and takeout.