On January 18th, at around 10:30 P.M, the social platform TikTok went dark in the United States. It remained unavailable to American users for a grand total of about fourteen hours. Then it reappeared ...

In the pre-COVID-19 pandemic era, global economic concerns frequently centered on issues involving trade conflicts and the threats posed by a surge in populist rhetoric and protectionist measures.

At some point in the future — and in some ways, we are already seeing this — the amount of physical stuff moving around the world will peak and begin to decline. By “stuff,” I am referring to liquid ...