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Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani / The Atlantic. Source: Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty. Get Used to High Gas Prices
Even if the Iran war ends tomorrow, don’t expect relief at the pump any time soon.
Kayla Bartkowski / Los Angeles Times / Getty Images Few Know About This Law, but Everyone Is Paying for It
The past few months have shown just how anachronistic and costly the Jones Act is.
Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani / The Atlantic. Sources: Getty; Elif Acar / Anadolu / Getty. SpaceX Just Needs the Money
What this year of humongous IPOs says about the tech industry
Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani / The Atlantic* Trump Takes His Cut
Federal stakes in public companies may enrich the government, but they are bad for America.
Samuel Corum / Bloomberg / Getty Why Stocks Keep Going Up
The boom is not as untethered from reality as it may look.
Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani / The Atlantic SpaceX Is Basically a Huge Meme Stock
The company may be losing money, but it will soon be the most expensive big stock in the market.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Harun Ozalp / Anadolu / Getty. Crypto Is a Victim of Its Own Success
Bitcoin, which has been plummeting in value, has come to feel less like a rebel upstart, more like an eccentric uncle.
Illustration by The Atlantic Welfare Fraud Is a Problem—For Democrats
Safeguarding the social safety net is essential for keeping it.
Illustration by Akshita Chandra / The Atlantic A Very Trumpian Plan to Close the Wealth Gap
Despite the bombast, the impact of Trump Accounts on the lives of American kids will be trivial.
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