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Latest — 14 Oct 2026

Could an America-first debt default solve the debt issue?

Could an “America-first” default solve the U.S. debt problem? We calculate the initial relief, how much borrowing costs would need to rise to erase it, and why persistent deficits still matter.

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Εκατό — Μηδέν

Αλλάζουμε πηγή: από το τηλεοπτικό «100–0» στις 100+ τεκμηριωμένες παρεμβάσεις της κυβέρνησης Παπανδρέου, 2009–2011. Ένα διαδραστικό αρχείο με ημερομηνίες, νομοθετικές πράξεις και πρωτογενείς πηγές. Πάτα SOURCE, εξερεύνησε και κρίνε.

AI’s Productivity Puzzle

Does AI improve productivity or create more work? Explore the evidence on gains, errors, rework, employee workloads and the wider economic payoff.

Will fewer people mean more homes to go around in Greece?

Fewer households against an unchanged stock of homes would ease housing pressure. Greece's population decline can produce that result, but smaller households can absorb it. The scenarios show when demand falls relative to available homes.

Who Gets Paid When Insurance Gets Smarter?

As AI makes insurance cheaper to arrange and operate, value can move across the chain - toward customers, platforms, specialists, carriers or new intermediaries. Who gets paid depends on competition, bargaining power and the commitments each participant can still defend.

Europe’s Far Right: Testing the Demographic Argument

Economic pressures, religious identity and historical memory shape Europe’s far-right politics. A UK case study examines what demographic and electoral evidence establishes about population change and future political power.

Greece, Turkey and the New Eastern Mediterranean Game

Greece–Turkey tensions are part of a wider Eastern Mediterranean game. This article examines how NATO, the US, France, Israel, Cyprus, energy infrastructure and grey-zone competition are reshaping deterrence, alliance incentives, escalation risk and the costs of open conflict.

Blame Game

A missed dinner becomes a test of hidden premises, Bayesian updating, blame and the strategic cost of admitting you’re wrong. Blame Game follows one ordinary argument to ask what better a better way to disagree would require.

Western Prosperity, Reconsidered

Western economies are extraordinarily wealthy, yet access to housing, ownership and security has narrowed for many. This special publication follows where wealth goes, how prosperity was built, and what policy can do to keep opportunity open.

You Already Spent the Happiness

The economics of “then I’ll be happy” The offer letter arrives while the kitchen sink is full. For a few hours, the future feels as if it has apologized. The salary number looks real, the title looks cleaner, and the phone becomes pleasant to check because the old anxiety