We Need Supply-Side Education Policy
Eliminating degree requirements for jobs is very popular with voters but would do almost nothing to help workers who don’t have a college diploma.
Economy
Trump’s Deranged Plan to Lower Food Prices by Raising Them
If you wish grocery stores were more expensive and offered less variety, then you’ll love his tariff proposal.
Did the Fed Wait Too Long to Act?
America has officially defeated inflation without experiencing a recession—yet.
The Wrath at Khan
Silicon Valley billionaires claim that antitrust enforcement hurts the little guy. Do they have a point?
Marijuana Is Too Strong Now
As weed has become easier to obtain, it has become harder to smoke.
What Kamala Harris Doesn’t Get About Food Costs
The real culprit is the host of federal laws and regulations propping up prices to benefit corporate interests.
TV Still Runs Politics
Just about every major development in the current presidential campaign started as a television event.
Sometimes You Just Have to Ignore the Economists
Kamala Harris’s proposed price-gouging ban might irritate academics, but it makes sense to everyone else.
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We’re Entering an AI Price-Fixing Dystopia
Algorithmic collusion appears to be spreading to more and more industries. And existing laws may not be equipped to stop it.
My Mom Says She Loves Me. AI Says She’s Lying.
Can machine-learning algorithms distinguish truth from falsehood? We’re about to find out.