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It’s not just inflation. It’s the end of the Millennial Consumer Subsidy. → Read More
A mentality that explains a lot about the economy, electoral politics, and human nature → Read More
Is the U.S. destined to have a recession in 2022? → Read More
America’s baby-formula shortage has gone from curious inconvenience to full-blown national crisis. In many states, including Texas and Tennessee, more than half of formula is sold out in stores. Nationwide, 40 percent of formula is out of stock—a twentyfold increase since the first half of 2021. As parents have started to stockpile formula, retailers such as Walgreens, CVS, and Target have all… → Read More
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Invention is easily overrated, and implementation is often underrated. → Read More
This is how a culture war death spirals. → Read More
Pop quiz: What do the metros of New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Boston, Seattle, San Francisco, San Diego, Minneapolis–St. Paul, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., have in common? They are all among the 20 largest metropolitan areas in the country. All of their populations were growing in 2011. And then, in 2021, they all shrank by a combined 900,000 people, according to an analysis… → Read More
What separates Blind Melon from Shania Twain? → Read More
Four forces are propelling the rising rates of depression among young people. → Read More
A country grows or shrinks in three ways. → Read More
Resignations are rising because people are seeing more job listings, not because they’re feeling more Marxist. → Read More
Wilt Chamberlain. Joe DiMaggio. Simone Biles. Which of their athletic achievements is most impressive? → Read More
COVID has always divided Americans. The Omicron wave is even dividing the vaccinated. → Read More
The nation’s crisis of originality isn’t in our minds, but in our markets. → Read More
Here's how to think about all the emerging data. → Read More
In film, science, and the economy, the U.S. has fallen out of love with the hard work of invention. → Read More
The CEO of Airbnb thinks the lines separating life, work, and vacations will keep getting blurrier. → Read More
But in 2022, the economy’s statistical recovery could become a bona fide vibes recovery. → Read More
A lasting effect of this pandemic will be a revolution in worker expectations. → Read More