Economy

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.

Boeing and the Dark Age of American Manufacturing

Somewhere along the line, the plane maker lost interest in making its own planes. Can it rediscover its engineering soul?

Welcome to Pricing Hell

The ubiquitous rise of add-on fees and personalized pricing has turned buying stuff into a game you can’t win.

Right-Wing Media Are in Trouble

The flow of traffic to Donald Trump’s most loyal digital-media boosters isn’t just slowing; it’s utterly collapsing.

Trump Media Is the New Bed Bath & Beyond

Donald Trump gets into the meme-stock business.

Critics of the TikTok Bill Are Missing the Point

America has a long history of shielding infrastructure and communication platforms from foreign control.

Elon Musk Discovers the Price of Running a Public Company

Taking Tesla public helped grow the business, but it also meant that he had some pesky obligations to shareholders.