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Billionaires are now Public Enemy No. 1 in America. Majorities of voters, in both parties, think the gap between the rich and poor is a big pr…
I have a confession, shameful as it may be for someone who has spent decades studying retirement policy and advising individuals and instituti…
From an economist’s point of view, there are good taxes and bad taxes.
There are a lot of reasons, some deserved and some not, for Americans’ distrust of their institutions. Lately I have been thinking about one o…
When someone tells you that they are struggling, it is generally a good rule of thumb to take them seriously. So, it was not the best politica…
There are two big worries when it comes to the rapid advances in artificial intelligence. The first is that it will lead to robot overlords th…
The good news is that Americans have never been richer. The bad news is that most of them don’t feel like it.
A friend once complained to me that people would sigh and roll their eyes when she used a credit card to pay for her $3 coffee. This was about…
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes accelerated in September as declining mortgage rates and a pickup in available properties on the marke…