Meghan Ostertag

The EU over the last 7 years has cravenly ducked the industrial fight against China, attempting to expand its exports while America shoulders the costs. That cannot be allowed to continue as the new Trump administration ratchets up pressure against our common adversary.

Average annual growth of U.S. labor productivity over the past five years hit 1.9 percent in the third quarter of 2024.

A recent report analyzed how firm size relates to work tasks to discover how firm size impacts employee tasks, finding that employees at large firms, despite having narrowly defined jobs, perform more non-routine analytical tasks and use information and communication technologies (ICT) more intensively than equivalent workers at small firms.

In the EU-27 countries, from 2013 to 2022, annual wages increased by 0.24 percent in information and communication technology (ICT) services compared to 0.20 percent across the rest of the economy.

As of 2023, the United States leads the OECD in 5G connectivity with 68.4 connections per 100 inhabitants.

Immigrants, whom make up about 14 to 15 percent of the U.S. population, have an outsized role in entrepreneurship, starting over 20 percent of new businesses in America.

Starbucks cafes establish a location for networking and have a substantial effect on entrepreneurship, leading to an increase of new businesses from 5.5 percent to 13.6 percent.

For policymakers to bolster the global competitiveness of their nations and regions, they first must know where they stand. This report benchmarks the 87 regions of India and the United States using 13 commonly available indicators of strength in the knowledge economy, globalization, and innovation capacity.

Nursing homes are notorious for worker shortages, which worsens the quality of care for patients and the work environment for employees. Japanese nursing homes have begun deploying robots to address these problems.

Companies with less than 9 employees, also known as microbusinesses, reported $7.6 billion in R&D investments in 2022, of which $6.7 billion was invested domestically and $5.7 billion was performed by the microbusiness itself.

According to a recent paper, between $84 billion and $188 billion could be saved in public health expenditures between 2022 and 2050 by prohibiting the sale of new combustion-powered vehicles. However, these impacts can only be fully realized if electricity is powered by low-emitting sources, such as renewable energy, hydrogen, and nuclear power.

Since 2015, the number of Chinese students enrolling in U.S. PhD programs has decreased by about 3.7 percent, while the probability a Chinese student will enroll in a PhD program in another English-speaking country, such as the UK, Australia, or Canada, has increased by 2.1 percent.