The Consilium

What happens when competing businesses let algorithms set their prices? How should regulators respond to this newly-prominent kind of collusion?

Oil and gas price spikes send the same signal: leave fossil fuels. But a signal is not a budget. When the next shock arrives, who will have the means to act on it?

India just fended off EU pressure to adopt pharmaceutical data exclusivity in its new free trade deal, keeping the patent law that built its generics industry intact. But data exclusivity can delay generic drugs just as effectively as a patent, meaning the same fight can be won again through trade negotiations without ever touching India's Patents Act. Will future trade deals test India's IP autonomy?

Dynamic pricing is spreading across the globe for concerts and sporting events, yet we shrug at an Uber surge. The difference comes down to fixed supply, limited substitutes, and prices that move mid-checkout.

Glory to Hypergryph for inspiring this research.

The Democrats will control the Congress in 2027. What does this mean for US economic policy?

It has been an enormous year for Canadian oil stocks: over the past twelve months, the S&P/TSX Capped Energy Index has climbed roughly 71%, which is more than triple the gain of the broader TSX. Gulf oil is now flowing once more at levels seen before the war, and yet Brent remains above US$100. That raises the question: is the surge in Canada's tar sands stocks here to stay, or has the bulk of the profit already been captured? This article examines what is genuinely keeping oil prices elevated, how the loonie affects returns for foreign investors, and which stocks still have room to appreciate.

Universities prize free expression, yet the students who pay the most have the most to lose by using it.

Stanford economist Robert Hall and Columbia economist Michael Woodford have just been awarded the Nobel Prize. What does their research mean?

Suppose SI changes the world exactly as promised. Your portfolio could still be a disaster.

The Sustainable Development Goals describe the world we want. Governments should also explain the choices they make to get there.

Sanctions are often touted as a cure-all for international non-compliance, but how effective really are they?