The Mirage of Flexibility

Gig economy delivery worker waiting with a bicycle on a wet city street at night

How the Gig Economy Turned Job Security Into a Luxury The median gig worker earns $2.17 less per hour than minimum wage law would require of an employer, a gap that comes out to roughly $3,400 a year. Fourteen percent…

The Affordable Car Is Disappearing

Large SUVs and cars displayed at a dealership, illustrating the shift away from affordable small cars.

Why buying a new car is becoming harder for ordinary people, even as technology keeps getting cheaper. 1. The simple question: where did the cheap new car go? In the early 2010s, an American with about $14,000 could walk into…

Cheap Food Was Never Guaranteed

Golden agricultural field beneath dark storm clouds, illustrating climate and food production uncertainty

The era of abundant, affordable food may be giving way to a more expensive and unstable future. For most of human history, a bad harvest meant hunger. Grain reserves were thin, transport was slow, and a single failed season in…

The Fertility Gold Rush

IVF laboratory specialist working with a microscope in a fertility clinic

As fertility rates fall, private equity is turning fertility care into a fast growing healthcare roll up. Fertility rates are falling across much of the developed world. Yet one corner of reproductive healthcare is expanding rapidly. Private equity firms have…