Misleading interpretations of federal data have fueled claims that economic gains are increasingly flowing to shareholders. But when evaluating who benefits from economic growth, wages and salaries are only one component of national income.

Recent changes to science and immigration policy are making scientists reconsider building their careers in the United States. To preserve America’s competitive advantage, policymakers should ensure stable federal research funding, protect merit-based peer review, and modernize high-skill immigration policy.

Last year, the North American warehouse industry purchased more than 36,700 robots, the largest amount since 2022.

Debate over AI’s workforce impact focuses too narrowly on whether it creates or eliminates jobs. Rather than impose new reporting requirements on businesses, policymakers should commission studies and expand existing surveys to capture how AI transforms work, not just changes in headcount.

Canada may reach its AI adoption target and still miss its promised productivity gains. Delivering those gains will require deep adoption by large firms, supported by regulatory certainty and stronger tax treatment for AI deployment.

Building factories is not the same as achieving lasting industrial strength. Korea should design its “Three Megaprojects” as reference factories that give suppliers the testing, qualification, and commercial track records needed to win customers around the world.

The United States is becoming less productive in manufacturing, even as productivity rises across nontraded sectors. To maintain U.S. industrial leadership, policymakers should incentivize manufacturers to adopt productivity-enhancing technologies.

Canada’s new AI strategy sets the right goal but focuses on the wrong problem: lowering costs when most firms struggle to identify valuable uses for AI. Ottawa should help businesses find and implement the right tools, not simply subsidize their purchase.

Chinese EV exports have boomed amid increasing global gas prices, with demand rising 120 percent in the first half of 2026 compared to the same period last year.

Foreign governments are padding their treasuries by imposing massive fines on American tech companies—and it’s coming at the expense of U.S. competitiveness.