How firms and industries behave: competition, pricing and strategy, and the economics of a single market.
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Every Wednesday, Newcastle's sports societies turn a post-match tradition into one of the city's most predictable markets. A survey of 106 students shows where the money goes, why students keep spending it, and how venues price to take advantage.
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Fears over AI’s potential existential threat have entered the economic mainstream. As the US competes with China to lead the technology’s development, the prospect of slowing its advance looks increasingly remote.
As Britain races to expand its electricity grid, Ofgem's new commitment fees should thin out a crowded connections queue, but only if they test whether projects are progressing rather than how deep developers' pockets are.
Silicon Valley wants to escape the power grids, water shortages and zoning laws throttling its data centres by launching them into orbit. But Low Earth Orbit is no frictionless void, and moving servers to space may just trade one crisis for another.
A jury found Live Nation and Ticketmaster liable for illegal monopolisation in April 2026. The case is a study in how vertical integration converts dominance in one business into control over an entire industry.
The DOJ says criminal charges are now on the table for firms that use algorithms to coordinate prices. The question at the heart of the case is whether software can produce cartel-like outcomes without anyone picking up a phone.
A federal court ruled Google's search dominance is illegal. The remedies are an attempt to dismantle a monopoly built on data, defaults, and self-reinforcing scale. Whether they can work is an open question.
Active investors are clamouring for a piece of the biggest IPO to date, and passive investors don't have a choice but to take a slice. But what is everyone actually buying?
The value of a degree is under siege as generative AI threatens to turn academic achievement into a hollow commodity.
Prediction markets are booming, with Bernstein projecting $240 billion in volume this year. The case for why they work is compelling. The case for why they might not is just as important.