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President Donald Trump is showing America’s trading partners no mercy. If they export a lot to the US, it will tariff them back — by half. The...






“It is the holy grail,” the man said to me in a solemn tone. He worked in private equity, and he was referring to the 401(k) market. We were just...

To paraphrase that famous poem, I look on America’s debt burden and despair. Both Republicans and Democrats like to say they are serious about debt...

“It is the holy grail,” the man said to me in a solemn tone. He worked in private equity, and he was referring to the 401(k) market. We were just...

This is part of a series of Bloomberg Opinion columns exploring the risks related to the US’s rapidly expanding debt and budget deficit. Other...

President-elect Donald Trump’s latest promise is to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which would mean putting the US on Standard Time year-round....

Many Americans are fed up with experts, and I am right there with them. I get the desire to burn it all down, I really do — except when it comes to...

Of all the hallowed American institutions that have experienced a loss in public esteem over the last few years, perhaps none has suffered a bigger...

The contemporary art market poses one of the great chicken-egg questions in all of economics: If the thing for sale has no objective value, do...

The degrowth movement, which had a moment a few years ago, is over — and not a moment too soon. As nations in Europe and North America face...

It is hard to be “the most pro-union president in American history,” as Joe Biden likes to claim, while also leading an effort to “reimagine and...

A friend on dating apps recently told me she is often presented with men who are lying about their age — or rather, as they tell it, being forced...

I see a personal trainer five days a week, and I am now in the best shape of my life. I could not have afforded Doug when I was younger — and I...

America’s financial industry has long had trust issues. Never mind the Great Financial Crisis of 2007-08; mistrust of the markets dates back to at...

Growing economic inequality is either “a major issue of our time” or “a defining challenge of our time,” depending on your taste for...

Last week’s meeting of central bankers in Jackson Hole was a kind of victory lap for the Fed. It may have also marked the peak of its power. The US...
