Zombie firm bankruptcies amid Fed interest rate hikes
In the U.S., 516 publicly listed firms have filed for bankruptcy from January through September 2023. Many of these firms have survived for several years...
Here’s why Americans can’t stop living paycheck to paycheck
For many Americans, payday can’t come soon enough. As of June, 61% of adults are living paycheck to paycheck, according to a LendingClub report. In...
The other reason why food prices are rising
The United Nations’ worst-case scenario calculation is that global food prices will rise by an additional 8.5% by 2027. More expensive fertilizers are contributed to...
Why the U.S. is struggling to modernize its power grid
Blackouts are growing more frequent in the United States. The average American experienced just over eight hours of power outages in 2020, with overall duration...
Why the global soil shortage threatens food, medicine and the climate
Soil can be considered black gold, and we’re running out it. The United Nations declared soil finite and predicted catastrophic loss within 60 years. “There...