by Aseem Gupta | Dec 21, 2024 | Political Theory, Governance & Ideology
When the Department of Government Efficiency was announced in November 2024, it arrived with a number large enough to transform the United States government: $2 trillion. Elon Musk argued that a team of outsiders could identify waste, eliminate unnecessary programs,...
by Aseem Gupta | Dec 7, 2024 | Economics, Markets & Money
In December 1989, Japan looked like the country that had solved the future. Its companies dominated automobiles, consumer electronics, cameras, semiconductors, machine tools and precision manufacturing. American executives studied Japanese management methods with a...
by Aseem Gupta | Oct 5, 2024 | Economics, Markets & Money
In the spring of 2022, New York City began receiving an extraordinary number of asylum seekers. The city opened emergency shelters, booked hotel rooms, provided food and medical care, and helped families navigate schools and public services. What began as a...
by Aseem Gupta | Sep 8, 2024 | Urban Planning & the Built Environment
Dubai looks impossible. A city of glass towers, artificial islands, luxury malls, global banks, five-star hotels, packed airports, and supercars where there was once desert, creek, heat, trade, and hardship. It is one of the few places on earth where the skyline...
by Aseem Gupta | Aug 3, 2024 | Economics, Markets & Money
America has rarely looked richer. Its largest companies are worth trillions. Stock markets have repeatedly reached record highs. Homeowners who bought at the right time have watched their properties appreciate dramatically. Total household wealth has climbed to levels...
