Credit: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty The 2026 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel has been awarded to economists Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford for their research on how to stabilize an economy to avoid socially and economically damaging fluctuations in inflation, growth and employment. The work, in the words
The social sector is in severe distress. Nonprofits serving communities across the US have faced an existential crisis since January 2025, when the Trump administration and its allies in Congress began a series of actions targeting the sector. Nonprofits have been reeling from these actions, even as demand for their services has increased as a
In the last fortnight, Friedrich Merz’s party was beaten to first place in Berlin, pummelled in the polls in Saxony-Anhalt and pushed out of parliament altogether in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. A lifeline for Merz is that no-one, within his own centre-right CDU party, is yet willing to challenge the chancellor openly despite persistent rumours of a
Germany is Europe’s, and therefore the eurozone currency’s, largest economy. It is the world’s largest single donor to Ukraine right now and it is the biggest net payer into the EU budget. When Germany’s finances are in trouble and the country turns inward because of a political crisis, the knock-on effect beyond its borders can
In the latest chapter of the ongoing Ed Sheeran–Macklemore–Robert Kraft situation, Sheeran and Kraft have apparently seen and raised Macklemore’s $1 million donation to Palestinian relief by donating $2 million each — although it’s unclear exactly to whom. In a statement released on the Gilette Stadium X account, Kraft said, “Ed called me and asked
Chat GPT says it has feature that allows a user to give ChatGPT info about someone they trust that the chatbot can contact if the user is in distress. Malte Mueller/Getty Images/fStop hide caption toggle caption Malte Mueller/Getty Images/fStop Note to reader: this story discusses people grappling with thoughts of suicide. More than a million
