Urbanomics

1. The semiconductor market facts of the week. In the early 2000s some 25 firms could make the most advanced processors. Today four can, an...

1. Germany used to be the unquestioned global leader in chemicals, machinery, and automobiles. Now, thanks to the onslaught from China, it h...

President Donald Trump’s single-minded pursuit of  rebalancing the US economy using tariffs  is unlikely to yield much without addressing fu...

1. This captures the big problems with Chinese exports to Europe. In the early 1970s workers at Dongfeng, or “East Wind”, imported American...