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A new Brookings/Fed paper finds AI productivity could meaningfully shrink the U.S. deficit — until you count the side effects, which could erase...
Putin built an economy based on “military Keynesianism” to survive the war in Ukraine. It’s showing signs of fatigue.
Gas prices, higher interest rates, and taxpayers covering military costs are adding up to quite the bill for American households.
The Trump administration lifted export controls on Anthropic's Fable and Mythos AI models just as abruptly as it imposed them.
Russia’s economy has been remarkably resilient, but it could be losing one of its most vital resources: public trust.
Almost 80% of global data centers face some form of climate risk, and it could cost developers trillions in the coming decades.
New Census data shows the 65 population grew 16.2% since 2020 — nearly triple the rate of millennials — as younger generations scatter to exurban...
Crude prices are back to prewar levels. Gas prices aren’t. Now Trump is pointing fingers at his own biggest donors.
A sweltering June has already killed dozens across Europe. A vulnerable population and aging infrastructure could cost the continent even more in the...
Keir Starmer’s resignation will give the U.K. its seventh prime minister since the Brexit vote 10 years ago—a period that has reshaped the...
Data center opposition—and the AI backlash in general—is more about anxiety towards the future than experience in the present.
The children that weren’t born after 2008 are starting to show up in enrollment, or lack thereof. It's pretty simple what happens when student go...
El Niño is here. Prepare for higher food prices, throttled trade, and a ‘systemic shock’ to the world economy.
A ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran could end the largest oil market disruption in history—and a full return to normal will take time to...
The administration is turning emergency dollar lifelines into geopolitical favors. Economists say that bargain could come at a steep cost.
Sundar Pichai went out of his way to avoid mentioning AI. It wasn’t enough to stop Stanford’s student protesters.
Young people are playing a careful and cautious game in today’s economy.
The average price of a pound of ground beef hit a record average retail price of $6.90 last month, up around 19% from a year ago.
Top bankers are lavishing praise on Musk ahead of his rocket company’s record-setting listing.
AI-exposed workers are concentrated in Democratic strongholds and swing states. That's either the party's biggest opening in the midterms—or its...
The cities and states who dropped their hosting bids may have chosen financial prudence over global prestige.
The January 2025 fires in LA alone ended up costing $140 billion in total.
The government may have spent billions subsidizing the lifestyle expenses of fraudsters.
The U.S. might be in the early days of a productivity boom without even knowing it.
The Golden State might be able to stomach more ultra-wealthy departures than first feared.
Americans’ march toward loneliness has left one-third of people considering their neighbors unreliable.
Academic papers, popular books, and legal decisions are peppered with AI mistakes that are getting harder to clean up.
Kenneth Arrow argued that experience-based knowledge ripples through the entire economy. Automating entry-level jobs doesn't just hurt young workers,...
Daniel Wendler says most companies are unknowingly suppressing their neurodivergent workers — and leaving a serious competitive advantage behind.
The AI construction boom is not blameless, but it’s only one of the many reasons electricity is getting so pricey.
A look at who uses installment plans for shopping—and why—says a lot about the risks of buy now, pay later.
The AI infrastructure boom is coming for Americans’ utility bills, and public patience is already running out.
The U.S. has spent decades relying on its investors to outperform overseas, but international debt swelled by $16 trillion in just six years.
A ‘boundaryless career’ is now the most reliable way to a corner office, a sign of how much employers have changed their tune on company loyalty.
Rising debt’s wide-reaching consequences are a rare point of shared concern for voters.
Lagging American car companies is a bad sign for the industry and for national security.
Tribal governments have diversified far beyond casinos to become economic engines, but a crackdown on federal small business contracting is...
Workers in trades are seeing their career prospects increasingly entwined with that of AI.
Drivers are long past the point where higher gasoline costs start influencing behavior.
The U.S. built its economy on cars — now the average monthly payment is $680, and millions are falling behind.
A familiar vice is threatening the raw liberty of being in an airport.
“If anything, job opportunities for U.S.-born workers are going down as a result,” the University of Colorado Boulder’s Chloe East said.
With across-the-board job growth yet to materialize, AI investment is propping up economic activity.
“Rise and grind” culture is a public health nightmare that could be costing the U.S. more than $400 billion a year.
America's debt just surpassed the size of its entire economy. That could mean higher mortgage rates, costlier loans, and government spending ever more...
With electricity prices rising, lawmakers are asking questions about business models at privately owned utilities.
This year already promises to be a ‘historic’ one for fires, immediately testing Trump’s new firefighting strategy.
As drivers sour on rising fuel prices, energy firms are making a killing.
Combined with rising temperatures, chemical pollutants are obliterating animals’ chances of successfully reproducing.
Record military spending and enormous order backlogs put contractors in the driving seat.