Economics famously begins with an idea of individuals pursuing their own interests, and then discusses both the positive and negative dynamics that can emerge.
The US higher education system does an OK job of enrolling US high school students.
There's an old dream about preventive health care, which I still hear from time to time.
The Fraser Institute has been publishing a "Essential Scholars" series of short books that provide an overview of the work of prominent thinkers, including John Locke, David Hume, and Adam Smith in the past, and Friedrich Hayek, Joseph Schumpeter, and Robert Nozick from more recent times.
The Economist titled its article on European corporations: "The land that ambition forgot. Europe is now a corporate also-ran. Can it recover its footing?" (June 5, 2021).
The mortality rate for "working age" US adults in the 25-64 age group has been rising.
The first thing any economist should do while reading a budget proposal is to analyse the basic macro assumptions and the results presented by the administration.