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Canadian Tariffs on U.S. Products to Start Tuesday

Canadian Tariffs on U.S. Products to Start Tuesday

Home > Small Business Small Business | September 7, 2026 Canadian Tariffs on U.S. Products to Start Tuesday Canada is poised to impose tariffs of 15% to 50% on hundreds of products from the U.S....

September 07, 2026
Emergent Ventures winners, 59th cohort

Emergent Ventures winners, 59th cohort

Tym Syrytczyk, London, autonomous vehicles in the UK. Shane Regan, Long Island, 16, AI agents. Maximilian Kornstein, 15, Atlanta area, agents and general career support. Irene Chen and Jessica Dai, UC...

September 07, 2026
Mein Ingeborg Bachmann Studium

Mein Ingeborg Bachmann Studium

Recently I finished read Malina, by Ingeborg Bachmann, an Austrian novel published in 1971.  I was pretty stunned by how good it was (it seems less good in English), and I would say I enjoyed it more,...

September 05, 2026
Numbers, numbers, numbers

Numbers, numbers, numbers

“The global cyber insurance market was worth nearly $15 billion last year and is expected to reach roughly $28 billion by 2030, Munich Re estimated in its latest report. Aon said earlier this year tha...

September 03, 2026
How Much Redistribution Will AI Require?

How Much Redistribution Will AI Require?

How much redistribution will AI require? A common scenario is that AI raises output enormously, but labor’s share of income collapses. GDP per capita goes up but workers get poorer, and making workers...

September 03, 2026
U.S. Diesel Prices Surge Toward All-Time High

U.S. Diesel Prices Surge Toward All-Time High

High Oil Prices Speed Up China’s Shift Away From Crude What I Cover My focus spans the global energy landscape and the technologies reshaping it, specifically focusing on oil and gas, renewables, and ...

September 03, 2026
Oil Prices Surge as U.S. and Iran Exchange Strikes

Oil Prices Surge as U.S. and Iran Exchange Strikes

Venezuela Helped Build OPEC. Now It May Help Break It Apart Josh Owens is the Content Director at Oilprice.com and a veteran energy journalist with over a decade of experience covering global energy m...

August 30, 2026
UBS Says a Major Commodity Upcycle Is Taking Shape

UBS Says a Major Commodity Upcycle Is Taking Shape

Venezuela Helped Build OPEC. Now It May Help Break It Apart The leading economics blog online covering financial issues, geopolitics and trading. One day after veteran commodities strategist Jeff Curr...

August 30, 2026
Saturday assorted links

Saturday assorted links

1. Roger Myerson now has a Substack. 2. The future of higher education? 3. Another look at data centers in space. 4. “The Global Economics Lab is a non-partisan organization located at Harvard and dra...

August 29, 2026
Oil-Rich Azerbaijan Bets Big on a Clean Energy Boom

Oil-Rich Azerbaijan Bets Big on a Clean Energy Boom

Venezuela Helped Build OPEC. Now It May Help Break It Apart Felicity Bradstock is a writer and journalist based in Mexico City. She writes for energy websites and covers several other industries, as w...

August 29, 2026