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What AI regulation is really trying to control
Behind the debate over rules for artificial intelligence lie three distinct concerns: the capabilities of systems, how they are used, and who is accountable when they fail.
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How broadcast rights became the most valuable asset in professional sport
Live sport is one of the few things audiences still watch together and in real time. That makes the rights to show it unusually prized, and unusually hard to price.
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How zoning rules quietly decide how many homes a city can build
Land-use regulation rarely makes headlines, yet it sets the ceiling on housing supply. Understanding it explains why some cities grow up, some grow out and some barely grow at all.
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Why advanced chipmaking is so hard to copy
Building a modern semiconductor plant requires far more than money. It depends on accumulated know-how, specialised suppliers and a production process that tolerates almost no error.
Analysis
How companies are redrawing their supply chains
Efficiency once trumped everything. Now businesses are paying for resilience — and discovering how hard it is to buy.
Analysis
Why productivity growth, the root of rising living standards, is so hard to measure
Over the long run, almost nothing matters more for prosperity than producing more from the same effort. Yet statisticians struggle to capture what is actually being produced.
Analysis
The economics of subscribing to everything
From software to cars, companies want recurring revenue. Customers are starting to count the cost.
Analysis
Why cybersecurity is as much an economics problem as a technical one
Software flaws persist not because nobody knows how to fix them, but because the people who could fix them often do not bear the cost of leaving them unfixed.
