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Markets

Markets · Public Policy · Global Development

Why Distant Conflicts Hit Close to Home

How a conflict thousands of miles away shows up in your grocery bill and your interest rate.

Advay Iyer · Jul 29, 2026 · 3 min read

Inequality

Inequality · Global Development

The Affordability Trap

Why cutting the price of a safety device or a healthy meal doesn't automatically mean more people use it.

Lavanya Gupta · Jul 29, 2026 · 6 min read

Global Development

Global Development · Finance

A Tractor for Ten Days

Why owning a tractor can be a bad investment even when using one is a great idea, and what India's smallholders do about it.

Lavanya Gupta · Jul 29, 2026 · 6 min read

Markets

What Finally Made SpaceX Let Wall Street In?

Did Elon Musk take SpaceX public because the company changed — or because Mars became too expensive to fund privately?

Advay Iyer, Ayush Ranjan · Jul 8, 2026 · 2 min read

Markets

What If All Your Eggs Were in the Same Basket?

What if your “diversified” portfolio was actually one big bet in disguise?

Advay Iyer · Jul 8, 2026 · 2 min read

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Why Distant Conflicts Hit Close to Home

The Affordability Trap

A Tractor for Ten Days

What Finally Made SpaceX Let Wall Street In?

What If All Your Eggs Were in the Same Basket?

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