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Written by: Adhyayan Routroy & Ranjula Bali Swain - Associate Professor from the Department of Economics at Uppsala University, Sweden and Director of Research at Stockholm school of economics centre for sustainable development. 1. Introduction The United States’ trade and immigration policies have significant implications for the global economy, particularly for developing economies like India. Recent trends in U.S. tariff increases and stricter immigration controls have cre

By: Isla Hildebrand Over the entirety of 2025, the capital of the United States, Washington, D.C., has found itself amid a trade war with what seems to be the rest of the world. President Donald Trump, who was sworn into office on January 20th of this year, shaped his campaign around promises to “tariff and tax foreign countries to enrich our citizens.” In simpler terms, he wants Americans to buy American-made goods and reduce their reliance on imported foreign products. As o

By: Isla Hildebrand In such a connected world, it's no surprise that conflict remains an ever-trending topic. Whenever war is brought into conversations, it tends to bring about a mental picture of weapons, death, and the battlefield. While this is true, there is also an entire financial plan working behind the scenes at the same time, one that isn't always a news headline. The toll a war takes on an economy is one of the most drastic demonstrations of how a country's financi

By: Isla Hildebrand Regardless of whether you're scrolling on TikTok, Instagram Reels, or YouTube Shorts, you've more than likely seen a product being advertised in one of those videos. Whether or not you've fallen victim to purchasing it depends on your level of willpower, but I can confidently say I have given in to that desire. Was it worth it? No, that little mushroom lamp that I bought for $7 because it was "such a steal" ended up lasting all of 2 weeks. The point is, ou