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His paper asks whether a fruit fly’s compass circuit can help a low-cost robot navigate better.

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A Keychain That Calls for Help: AI, IoT and Personal Safety

Technology & Innovation

Technology & Innovation · Inequality

A Keychain That Calls for Help: AI, IoT and Personal Safety

A research spotlight on a wearable prototype that listens for distress, tracks location, and records evidence without the wearer touching a thing.

Lavanya Gupta · Oct 18, 2026 · 2 min read

Markets

Is Starbucks' Snoopy Cup Really Free?

A free plastic cup with a Pumpkin Spice drink looks like a seasonal gift. Underneath, it is scarcity, consumer psychology and demand management in one promotion.

Zeynep Sözbilir · Oct 18, 2026 · 5 min read

Markets

Is Apple Competing With Itself?

Apple and Samsung are trading jokes over the foldable iPhone Duo. The bigger threat to the Duo may be sitting in Apple's own lineup.

Zeynep Sözbilir · Oct 18, 2026 · 5 min read

Technology & Innovation

Congratulations to Amshul Medisetti, Winner of the STEM Research Scholarship

The $6,500 Economic Mosaic STEM Research Scholarship goes to a paper asking whether a fruit fly's built-in compass can help a low-cost robot navigate better.

Economic Mosaic · Oct 12, 2026 · 3 min read

Jordan Peterson's Lobsters and Why Socialism Fails

Institutions

Institutions · Economic History

Jordan Peterson's Lobsters and Why Socialism Fails

Jordan Peterson argues lobsters and humans share the same neurochemistry of dominance. An argument for what that means for socialism, and why redistribution may just reshuffle who ends up on top.

Ali Hashemifara · Sep 14, 2026 · 5 min read

India Should Build a Parallel Economy for the Unemployed

Public Policy

Public Policy · Global Development

India Should Build a Parallel Economy for the Unemployed

Caregivers, repairers, tutors, and freelancers keep entire communities running without ever showing up in employment data. An argument for the institutions that would finally count them.

Kiran S. Pillai · Sep 14, 2026 · 3 min read