The Walmart Effect
New research suggests that the company makes the communities it operates in poorer—even taking into account its famous low prices.
The New Rules
The Worst of Crypto Is Yet to Come
No matter who wins in November, the digital-asset market could be on the brink of a deregulation-fueled bonanza.
A Bogus New Rationale for Trump’s Economic Agenda
His allies now claim that he wouldn’t really impose massive global tariffs if elected. But the uncertainty created by threats is bad enough.
The Most Opinionated Man in America
Mike Solana, a Peter Thiel protégé, has made his Pirate Wires newsletter a must-read among the anti-woke investor class—and a window into what the most powerful people in tech really think.
The Truth About Immigration and the American Worker
In many domains, the conventional wisdom among progressives is mistaken, oversimplified, or based on wishful thinking. The economics of immigration is not one of them.
Revenge of the Office
Many of America’s corporate executives have had enough of the remote-work experiment.
We Need Supply-Side Education Policy
Eliminating degree requirements for jobs is very popular with voters but would do almost nothing to help workers who don’t have a college diploma.
Trump’s Deranged Plan to Lower Food Prices by Raising Them
If you wish grocery stores were more expensive and offered less variety, then you’ll love his tariff proposal.
Did the Fed Wait Too Long to Act?
America has officially defeated inflation without experiencing a recession—yet.
The Wrath at Khan
Silicon Valley billionaires claim that antitrust enforcement hurts the little guy. Do they have a point?
Marijuana Is Too Strong Now
As weed has become easier to obtain, it has become harder to smoke.
What Kamala Harris Doesn’t Get About Food Costs
The real culprit is the host of federal laws and regulations propping up prices to benefit corporate interests.
TV Still Runs Politics
Just about every major development in the current presidential campaign started as a television event.
Sometimes You Just Have to Ignore the Economists
Kamala Harris’s proposed price-gouging ban might irritate academics, but it makes sense to everyone else.
We’re Entering an AI Price-Fixing Dystopia
Algorithmic collusion appears to be spreading to more and more industries. And existing laws may not be equipped to stop it.
My Mom Says She Loves Me. AI Says She’s Lying.
Can machine-learning algorithms distinguish truth from falsehood? We’re about to find out.
The Urban Doom Loop Could Still Happen
City economies are booming, but the risk of a commercial-real-estate crash remains as real as ever.
What the VW-Rivian Deal Means for Big Auto
The joint venture between a legacy giant and an EV start-up will be a fascinating test of the industry’s effort to embrace technological change.
NASA Finally Has an Alternative to SpaceX
After years of complications, Boeing has launched astronauts to space for the first time.
The Rise of Poverty Inc.
How helping the poor became big business
Why Your Vet Bill Is So High
Corporations and private-equity funds have been rolling up smaller chains and previously independent practices.
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