By Jeffrey Frankel Published: October 26, 2026 Cambridge, Massachusetts Introduction and Main Facts At the European Central Bank’s (ECB) prestigious annual research conference held last month, Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman delivered a provocative keynote address centered on the escalating phenomenon of "geoeconomics." Defining the term as the strategic exploitation…
By Kevin Hyland and Robert D. Marin July 21, 2026 For decades, the global discourse on human trafficking has been framed almost exclusively through the lens of macro-geopolitics. International summits, United Nations reports, and governmental policy papers frequently discuss the phenomenon as a sweeping, borderless crisis—a dark shadow cast over…
For over half a century, the blueprint for economic development was clear: transition labor from subsistence agriculture to manufacturing, harness economies of scale, and climb the global value chain through exports. From the seminal works of W. Arthur Lewis and Raúl Prebisch to the structuralist models of Nicholas Kaldor, the…
The opinions expressed here by Trellis expert contributors are their own, not those of Trellis or its editors. For decades, the carbon credit market has been haunted by a singular, persistent specter: the risk of reversal. The logic of carbon sequestration is deceptively simple—remove CO2 from the atmosphere and lock…
For decades, the Las Vegas narrative was singular: a high-stakes playground where the allure of the jackpot was matched only by the price of a martini. It was a destination designed to extract maximum capital through sheer spectacle. Yet, beneath the neon veneer, there has always been a quieter, more…
