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Innovation
Jul 20, 2026
Courtney C. Radsch
For too long, governments have stood by and allowed the creation of business models built on the commercial exploitation of users’ personal data and that reward social and psychological manipulation. With the…
Smaller countries and tax havens dominate the Richest Top 10, but structural inequalities complicate the picture. What do people think of when they think about the world’s richest countries? And what comes to mind when they consider the smallest ones? Many of the planet’s wealthiest countries are also quite small. Nations such as Luxembourg, Switzerland,…
Liquidity relief today, balance-sheet strain tomorrow: The very structures that make private credit nimble—PIK loans—could also mask risk until it’s too late. When GoHealth Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on June 7, the writing had been on the wall for two years. The Chicago-based health insurance marketplace had inked a payment-in-kind (PIK) deal…
Labor markets around the world are being reshaped by powerful trends, including rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI), and population aging in some regions and youth bulges in others. AI’s impact on labor markets is multifaceted and complex: It has the potential to create new job opportunities and make many jobs more productive, but it…