Canadaâs Liberal Party has won a fourth consecutive national election in a race that largely came down to which party would better stand up to US President Donald Trump. âWe are over the shock of American betrayal,” Mark Carney, a former central banker and the leader of the Liberal Party, said in a victory speech…
Donât expect the Federal Reserve to rescue the US economy from the epic tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on imports from most of the world. The only question now is how bad the damage will be. The US Presidentâs attack on free trade is truly extraordinary in its scope, scale and lack of nuance….
Have you ever wished you could forget all about your workday as soon as itâs finished? Are your nights haunted by emails and endless meetingsâeven in your dreams? If so, Severance might be just the show for you. This fictional series follows employees whoâve undergone a procedure called âseverance.â As a result, their consciousness is…
Never mind that applying selective tariffs violates the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO). If someone raises an objection, WTOâs dispute resolution mechanism is expected to deal with it. But that mechanism is broken partly because the US has blocked appointments to its appellate body. If pushed further, it is…
One of the most famous quips about India that has long held good is British economist Joan Robinsonâs âWhatever you can rightly say about India, the opposite is also true.” A telling example is the contrast between our high position in the worldâs GDP league table, where we rank third in terms of purchasing power…
An artificial intelligence (AI) system designed to monitor workflows and detect inefficient parts has been attracting flak online. Developed by Optifye.Ai, a member of startup accelerator Y Combinatorâs current crop of Unicorn foals (as hoped), this software alerts managers to whatâs slowing operations down. To advertise it, Y Combinator put out a video clip that…
Today anyone in the world with above-average computer skills can hope to deploy open-source AI models that are close to the state of the art. This means that the shift in value creation from AI development to diffusion will take place far earlier than anticipated. The winners in the age of AI will not only…
Indiaâs economic growth remains strong, with the share of gross fixed capital formation in GDP above 31%, which is good news for the ongoing recovery. That said, policymakers and commentators would do well to stop crowing over India still being the worldâs fastest growing major economy. The US, with a GDP of $27.4 trillion, grew…
