The European Central Bank (ECB) has announced Alena Wabitsch from the University of Oxford as the winner of the 2025 Young Economist Prize. 

Hydro-Québec has announced the appointment of Claudine Bouchard as its new President and CEO. With over 25 years of experience at the company, Bouchard's leadership will focus on advancing the Action Plan 2035 and leading prominent infrastructure projects.

The first half of 2025 brought with it a renewed focus on global trade wars, particularly as the United States government began to (again) question many long-standing global trade agreements — whether formally inked or traditionally observed. As a result, discourse about tariffs reached a fever pitch in the news and across social media.So, let’s ask a simple question: are tariffs good or bad for an economy, and the people within it?