ፍትህ ለሁሉም / Justice for All
A Preview of the 2025 Report on Ten Key Technologies and Their Policy Implications. In every era, technological discoveries bring both promise and risk. Rarely,however, has the world experienced technological change at the speed andscale we see today. From nanomaterials that are fifty thousand times smallerthan the width of a human hair to commercial satellites …
What is populism? Economists, unsurprisingly, have defined the phenomenon in exclusively economic terms. The classic definition of populism is “an approach to economics that emphasizes growth and income redistribution and deemphasizes the risks of inflation and deficit finance, external constraints, and the reaction of economic agents to aggressive nonmarket policies” (Dornbusch and Edwards 1991). The …
Even as the United States took its place as the world’s preeminent economic power after World War II, manufacturing firms fled towns in the Northeast and Midwest, leaving behind rusting steel mills and scarred communities. Society as a whole became richer as new industries sprang up elsewhere, but many rust belt communities are still dealing …
The academic economist’s dry prose usually benefits from an evocative metaphor. But we would all be better off if Adam Smith had skipped the bit about “the invisible hand.” He meant little, if anything, by it—he used the term only once in the entire two volumes of The Wealth of Nations, as he had a single time, …
Preface Welcome to the third edition of the Ipsos Generations Report. The temptation for marketers, analysts and communicators to use broad brushstrokes to describe the characteristics of different generations remains as strong as ever. These shorthands provide powerful stories which attract the attention of media, marketers and policymakers alike. But as soon as you consider …
In this year’s issue, we focus on the impact of caring and sharing on people’s happiness. Like ‘mercy’ in Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, caring is “twice-blessed” – it blesses those who give and those who receive. In this report, we investigate both of these effects: the benefits to the recipients of caring behaviour and the benefits …
As a Gen Zer myself, I know that the generation can be pretty hard to decipher. But a recent survey may provide some insight about what drives Gen Z’s happiness. Leading happiness expert Arthur C. Brooks partnered with Gallup and Walton Family Foundation to survey over 2,000 Gen Zers from ages 12 to 26 years old, and get a closer …
Our youth is sad, and it is not an isolated case. It is not just a couple of young people feeling this way. It is not limited to a single class in a school, nor is it confined to a specific city. Youth around the world are suffering from sadness. But why? Why does the …
It comes amid a broader conversation in the party about its post-2024 message and the failures of governance in blue states and cities. Rep. Josh Harder (D-Calif.) arrives for a subcommittee meeting. | Francis Chung/POLITICO By Nicholas Wu and Holly Otterbein 05/08/2025 04:45 AM EDT House Democrats are getting Ezra Klein-pilled. A bipartisan group of lawmakers led by …
History is seldom tidy. Eras overlap and unfinished business from one period lingers into the next. World War II was a war like no other in the magnitude of its effects on the lives of people and the fates of nations. It was a combination of many conflicts, including ethnic and national hatreds that followed …