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Peace With Iran Won’t Last Unless It Benefits Ordinary IraniansA sustainable peace agreement between the United States and Iran will require more than military deterrence. Without financial sanctions relief that fuels job creation and generates real economic opportunities for ordinary Iranians, it will likely suffer the same fate as the 2015 nuclear deal.argues that only rebuilding the Islamic Republic’s economy can keep a future ceasefire from collapsing.### Further readingThe US-Iran Agreement Is a First StepWhy Wealth Taxes Always FailA clear-eyed view of past experience shows that where wealth taxes have been tried, they have usually been abandoned—and for good reason. As policymakers in California, New York, France, and elsewhere revisit this old idea, they should heed the lessons of this history.shows that such policies have been abandoned in most countries where they have been tried—and for good reason.Saving Democracy Requires Taxing Extreme Wealthsees the attempted public humiliation of the immunologist as less about science and more about class.Can Progressives Deliver Economic Growth?sees Zohran Mamdani’s effort to balance redistribution and dynamism as a bellwether for the left.Colombia’s New Right-Wing Government Faces an Uphill Battlehighlights the daunting fiscal, economic, and political tests facing the incoming administration.Cheaper Mortgages Won’t Solve the US Housing Crisisargue that supply, not subsidized credit, determines whether families can afford a home.Gabriela Ramos & Emilija Stojmenova Duhurge policymakers to approach the technology’s societal effects with the same urgency as financial stability.Governments Should Govern AI, Not Own ItGlobal Tax Reform Is the Key to a Fair AI Economyshows why digital-service levies are a necessary first step toward a more equitable multilateral architecture.The Case for a Pay-Where-You-Play Tax System