After a choppy 2025, Canada's December job gains went almost entirely to older workers while young people lost ground, with youth unemployment more than double the national average. This piece unpacks why the entry-level door has jammed, from an oversupplied labour pool to employer caution and early signs of AI displacement, and warns the scarring effect on a generation will outlast any single business cycle.

In September 2025, the Trump administration floated cutting mandatory earnings reports from quarterly to twice a year, reviving the old argument that frequent reporting makes executives think short-term. This piece pushes back, arguing that short-termism is a governance problem rooted in how executives are paid, and that reporting less would mainly widen the information gap between institutional and retail investors.

Cars promise freedom, but North America's dependence on them comes at a steep price. This piece traces how postwar policy made driving the default, compares it to Europe's more balanced approach, and lays out the costs, from strained household budgets and expensive sprawl to billions lost to congestion, before pointing toward more walkable, connected cities.

Can simply requiring companies to share information make them behave better? Drawing on summer research into a Nasdaq board-diversity rule, this piece explores how corporate disclosure works as a low-cost check on managers who might otherwise put their own interests ahead of shareholders.

The Islamic Republic of Iran has worked to silence and control women, yet women have become the most powerful force challenging its authority. This piece traces that history from the Shah's gender reforms through the 1979 revolution to the Women, Life, Freedom movement sparked by Mahsa Amini's death in 2022, and asks why authoritarian regimes fear organized women more than almost anything else.

Fertilizer may be the most powerful commodity most people never think about. When Europe's ammonia plants went dark in 2022, food prices spiked from Paris to Cairo, exposing how fragile the world's supply of nitrogen, potash, and phosphate really is. This piece traces the recent fertilizer shock and the new resource diplomacy playing out from Russia to Morocco, arguing that fertilizer is becoming the geopolitical force oil once was.

Private equity has officially entered the game. Since the NFL opened its doors to PE firms in 2024, sports franchises have become one of the hottest alternative investments around, with valuations soaring across every major league. Aiden Kwon breaks down what changed: how leagues loosened their ownership rules, why guaranteed media deals and real estate plays make teams so appealing to investors, and what private equity's long-term vision could mean for the fans who care about every season.

As AI agents begin to research, compare, and buy products on our behalf, the rules of online retail are being rewritten. This piece unpacks the rise of agentic commerce, the shift from SEO to optimizing for AI agents rather than human clicks, and why brands that win will be the ones that become an agent's default choice through clean data, reliable fulfilment, and machine-level trust.

Microplastics have made their way from the ocean into the human body, showing up in blood, placentas, and even the testes. John Bae explores the mounting evidence tying them to plummeting fertility and sperm counts, how they disrupt hormones and reproductive cells, and what you can do to limit your exposure.