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Most Americans Can't Answer These Three Money Questions
Can you answer these three money questions? Most American adults can't, and it turns out that whether you ever learned this stuff in school depended…
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Guns and Butter: The Oldest Trade-Off in Economics Is Back
"We're fighting wars. We can't take care of daycare." Trump's off-the-cuff remark at a luncheon is actually one of the oldest ideas in economics. It…
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When People Cut Back on Instagram, Where Do They Go?
A field experiment paid thousands of people to give up Facebook and Instagram, and then the researchers tracked where their time went. The answer wasn't…
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Gas prices, WNBA, microshifting, AI-powered prices, and chip shortages
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What You Don't Know About Your Salary Is Costing You
Employers know what the job pays. You don't. Here's why that gap exists, and how workers are closing it.
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False advertising, gold as currency, AI fatigue, tariff employment boost, and job hopping
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What Was the Economy Like in the '90s?
From recession to budget surplus to dot-com bubble, the economic story of the '90s is more interesting than the nostalgia lets on.
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