'David is a world-class labor economist,' says Agustin Rayo, the Kenan Sahin Dean of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. 'He is also an individual of wisdom and insight. I look forward to welcoming him to the school's leadership team.' Autor's scholarship explores the labor-market impacts of technological change and globalization on job polarization, skill demands, earnings levels and inequality, and electoral outcomes. He serves as faculty co-director of the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work. 'I've been at MIT since 1999, and I owe my career to the Institute, the department, and colleagues who are as kind as they are accomplished,' Autor says. 'Stepping into this role is a chance to contribute to a place that has shaped me at every stage.' Autor serves as co-director of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Labor Studies Program. He earned a BA in psychology from Tufts University in 1989 and a PhD in public policy from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government in 1999....

A decade or so ago, pairing Everlane kick-crop jeans with the brand's almond-toe Modern Loafer and a crewneck sweater was a quintessential Millennial city-girl uniform: minimalist, boring, and, most important, vaguely ethical. The San Francisco'based fashion start-up was founded in the early 2010s on the premise of 'radical transparency.' It told consumers about the factory where their shirt was made and the cost to produce it, down to the labor and markup, which it said was a fraction of the markup of other retailers. It was a brand built on the belief that globalization could work for everyone, and that anybody could shop with their values. But now Everlane is in bad shape. It's $90 million in debt, behind on rent, and facing eviction at its headquarters. This week, Puck reported that the company has found a buyer that seems antithetical to the values it once said it held: Shein, the online fast-fashion behemoth synonymous with overconsumption and workplace abuses such as child labor. Shein, in response to allegations of poor conditions over the years, has made efforts to address critics, such as investing in carbon-reducing initiatives and ending orders at factories that have known problems. Still, the era of sustainable fashion that Everlane represents seems to be fading'as does the concept that ethical consumerism alone can eliminate the clothing industry's worst practices. (Everlane declined to comment on reports of the sale, and Shein did not immediately respond to an interview request.)...

Global geopolitical turbulence signals not the end of globalization but its structural reconfiguration. Businesses are confronting the weaponization of supply chains, the segmentation of digital ecosystems, and an increase in industrial policy competition. The next phase of global competition will favor companies that rethink organization, supply chains, and governance architectures to remain globally connected yet geopolitically separable to retain market access across competing blocks. The international order is undergoing structural transformation. War in the Middle East, the prolonged conflict in Ukraine, and major shifts in U.S. trade and foreign policy that have altered the country's traditional alliances are manifestations of a broader reconfiguration of power. Tariffs, export controls, sanctions, and the vulnerability of strategic choke points as diverse as maritime straits and semiconductor ecosystems are exposing the fragility of globally optimized supply chains and production networks....

The economist Adam Posen on the effect of the war in Iran on the world's economy and the darkening economic outlook for the United States. Plus: A shifting partisan balance of power and Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed, by Maureen Callahan. In this episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic's David Frum opens with a discussion of the likelihood that the partisan balance of power will shift from Republicans to Democrats at state-government level. Then, David is joined by the president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, Adam Posen, for a conversation about the state of the world's economy. Frum and Posen discuss the economic effect of the war in Iran, the United States' reputational hit caused by Trump's tariffs, and the chance of global recession. Finally, David ends the episode with a discussion of Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed, by Maureen Callahan, and reflects on why reactions to the abuse of women by men in power seem to have become a partisan issue....