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The Case Against Tariffs Is Getting Stronger

06.03.2025 4

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Stagflation Is Poised for a Comeback

20.02.2025 8

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What’s the Best Way to Reveal a Government Secret?

14.02.2025 5

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The World Needs a Plan for the Inevitable Asteroid Strike

09.02.2025 10

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A Sovereign Wealth Fund Wouldn’t Work for the US

04.02.2025 7

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Is Trading Luka Doncic Like Selling Nvidia Too Early?

03.02.2025 6

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How Did China’s Internet Become So Cool?

30.01.2025 7

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If Wall Street Wants to Buy More Houses, Let It

28.01.2025 2

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If You Are Reading This, AI, Please Be Kind

I write about artificial intelligence a lot, and lately I have begun to think of myself as writing for AI as well. If you are a writer — and if...

18.01.2025 8

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So Long, Net Neutrality, and Good Riddance

One of the longest, most technical and, as it turns out, most inconsequential public-policy debates of the 21st century was about net neutrality. Now...

15.01.2025 10

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China’s DeepSeek Shows Why Trump’s Trade War Will Be Hard to Win

Breakthroughs in AI are so common these days it is hard to separate the truly important from the merely incidental. But one recent development is...

10.01.2025 20

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How New Yorkers Will Adjust to Congestion Pricing

New York City’s congestion pricing plan is now in place, and some very early returns are in. However imperfectly — the tolls have been in effect...

08.01.2025 7

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Privatize the USPS? Not in an Era of Crony Capitalism

President-elect Donald Trump is said to be interested in the privatization of the US Postal Service, a prospect that also appeals to his DOGE...

07.01.2025 4

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Technology Will Make the Pace of Change Even Faster

One of the most reliable observations any opinion writer can make, myself included, is that the pace of change has accelerated. But in the last few...

29.12.2024 8

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The NBA’s Problem Is Economics, Not Basketball

The NBA seems to be having some trouble. This season’s TV ratings are either down precipitously or struggling to hold even, a shift too dramatic to...

19.12.2024 20

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Why India’s Food Is the Best in the World

I write this from Kerala, on the southwest coast of India, on one of the last days of my eighth trip to this country. I’ve been to most of its...

19.12.2024 10

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If You Own the Business, You Can Expense Almost Anything

Arbitrage is one of the most fundamental principles of economics, and that holds for the tax system as well. People will go to great lengths —...

13.12.2024 8

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Crypto Doesn’t Deserve a Tax Exemption

I am (mostly) bullish on crypto and (usually) skeptical of higher taxes, especially on capital gains. So why do I think it would be wrong to make...

10.12.2024 10

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Don’t Take Away Americans’ Freedom to Charge It

When Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump agree on something, it’s a sign that trouble is afoot. And last week, the senator from Vermont said that he...

24.11.2024 10

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Trump’s Tariffs Won’t Work, Just as McKinley’s Didn’t

Donald Trump’s return to the White House means that one of his signature issues will soon return to the center of Washington’s economic policy...

09.11.2024 20

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College Is Actually Getting More Affordable

The decline of the American system of higher education has many causes, several of which I have catalogued over the years, but one of the most...

06.11.2024 2

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AI’s Effect on the US Economy Will Be Wildly Uneven

One of the only things growing faster than progress in AI applications is speculation about AI’s effect on the economy. I don’t have all the...

25.10.2024 3

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Who Was Bitcoin’s Satoshi? I Need to Know and So Do You

Who is or was Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin? A recent HBO documentary names Peter Todd, with the possible assistance of Adam Back....

21.10.2024 3

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The Logic of Trump’s Tariffs Has a Huge Hole

In his interview this week with John Micklethwait, editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News, former President Donald Trump offered a somewhat unusual...

17.10.2024 3

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AI Will Transform Philanthropy, Too

In an age of accelerating progress in artificial intelligence, everyone is debating AI’s implications for the labor market or national security....

14.10.2024 6

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An Economist’s Guide to Helping Victims of Helene and Milton

With North Carolina still reeling from the aftermath of Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton landing in Florida, it is natural to ask: What is the...

09.10.2024 10

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One Underappreciated Way to Reduce Inequality: Work More

The various bestselling books on income inequality cite a variety of driving factors. Robert Kuttner blames global capitalism. Paul Krugman pins it...

04.10.2024 3

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Tyler Cowen

Trump’s Tariffs Would Be Worse Than Nixon’s

Donald Trump likes to talk about tariffs. He has proposed a 100% import tax on on goods and services from countries that shun the dollar, 60% if...

27.09.2024 3

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Tyler Cowen

Is the Price of Ozempic Really So Outrageous?

GLP-1 weight-loss drugs alleviate obesity as well as provide other health benefits. Yet they are also the focus of controversy, with the chief...

24.09.2024 8

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Tyler Cowen

‘Buy American’ Policies Don’t Help Americans

“Buy American” sounds like such a good idea. The phrase itself evokes the benefits of commerce, and of America selling things, while renewed...

23.09.2024 2

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Exciting Economics Is Often Misguided Economics

In the long-running popular series about what’s wrong with economics, there is a new entry: Our profession is too insular. “Economists generally...

19.09.2024 2

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A Sovereign Wealth Fund Wouldn’t Work for the US

As it turns out, a US sovereign wealth fund is not just another crazy idea from Donald Trump. It is a crazy idea supported by hedge fund...

10.09.2024 2

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If Harris Taxes Americans’ Wealth, Foreigners Will Benefit

Economists have had a lot of criticisms over the years, as well as some praise, for the concept of a wealth tax in the US. But one of its biggest...

06.09.2024 2

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AI Culture Will Be Weirder Than You Can Imagine

There are two radically different visions of our AI future, and they depend on the cost of energy. In one scenario, low energy prices lead to a lot...

04.09.2024 3

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What JD Vance Doesn’t Understand About Free Trade

Efficiency, economically speaking, generally refers to improvements: higher production, superior service, faster innovation. But there is another...

29.08.2024 2

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When Did the Great Stagnation Actually Begin?

“What happened in 1971?” It is one of the most important and debated questions in US economic history, and new research suggests that the answer...

27.08.2024 3

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Sorry, Elon, But Businesses Rely on Regulation

Elon Musk has hinted that he would take a job in a Trump administration, posting on X that he would be “willing to serve” in the “Department of...

26.08.2024 10

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Are You a Good Employee? Let’s Check With the Team

Working in ever larger teams, often enabled by technology, is a fundamental feature of contemporary life. And yet the broader social and economic...

17.08.2024 10

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Tyler Cowen

Europeans Deserve to Be as Cool as Americans

The question of whether Europe should have more air conditioning is of primary concern to Europeans, of course. But this is peak summer tourism...

12.08.2024 3

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Tyler Cowen

Maybe Legalizing Weed Wasn’t Such a Great Idea

Depending on where you live and how you want to use it, it is pretty easy to get marijuana in the US. At first medical marijuana, which has...

09.08.2024 3

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Want More Moderate Candidates? Demand Ranked Choice Voting

Ranked choice voting is on many state and local ballots this year, so it’s worth considering how it works in practice. Or, as we economists like to...

02.08.2024 2

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Trump Likes the Idea of a Federal Bitcoin Reserve. Don’t Laugh.

Which financial assets a central bank should buy and sell is hardly a novel question. Historically, the US Federal Reserve has focused on...

31.07.2024 100

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Eight Things Republicans Get Wrong About Free Trade

With Donald Trump and JD Vance at the top of the Republican ticket, the party seems to be returning to its protectionist roots. Some members of the...

26.07.2024 3

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Subsidize Solar and Wind Power, Not EVs

Like it or not, the world is going to fall far short of meeting its current goals for reducing carbon emissions. Given that reality, which policies...

24.07.2024 2

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Animal Welfare Is Improving, No Thanks to Activists

In recent years, progress in protecting the welfare of animals has been mostly stuck. The percentage of vegetarians or vegans in the US has been...

21.07.2024 5

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Tyler Cowen

Some of Trump’s Tax Cuts Worked, But at What Cost?

Donald Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was the biggest corporate tax cut in US history. How did it affect the economy? The question has taken on...

18.07.2024 3

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Why Is Sweden Paying Grandparents to Babysit? It’s Worth a Try

At first glance, the policy sounds absurd, especially to many Americans: In Sweden, grandparents are now eligible for government subsidies to...

13.07.2024 3

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