



Venezuela has suffered catastrophic economic decline and hyperinflation in recent years. A first step in restoring order would be to stabilize prices by linking the currency to the dollar. Dollar linkage constrains governments from printing money, but it isn’t a…



When President Trump called for a one‑year cap on credit card interest rates at 10 percent — about half the current average of 22 percent — it reignited a familiar debate. Should the government step in to protect consumers from…

A future where global finance runs on-chain with stablecoins as the medium of exchange may be closer than we imagined a few months back. Following the recent passage of the GENIUS Act, major international organizations (e.g, Bhatt, 2025; BIS, 2025;…




The artificial intelligence ecosystem is a multi-trillion-dollar gamble not only for the companies that are building it, but also for nations seeking new competitive advantages and network power in a world of geo-economic fragmentation. The U.S. is in a good…

Financial markets are entering 2026 with a level of calm that belies the scale of structural shifts underway in the global economy. Market-based volatility remains compressed across asset classes despite the high degree of uncertainty stemming from two major paradigm…