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How Easy Money Bred Bad Ideas
Wokeness was born in a time when money was free. Its demise began when interest rates went up.
Russ Greene
Can Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson Save the Left From Itself?
The Democrats desperately need a new vision. Two prominent liberal journalists are offering one.
Bari Weiss
1HR 33M
Christopher Caldwell: Trump Has a Point on Trade. But He Is Losing the Argument.
There’s a legitimate case for tariffs. But the president needs to explain it to the public—in a way that makes great TV.
Christopher Caldwell
Niall Ferguson: A User’s Guide to Wrecking the Global Financial System
Ordinary Americans elected Trump because they expected him to make things better. Did they realize they were getting a reactionary economic project?
Niall Ferguson
Trump to Wall Street: Brace for Impact
President Trump has drawn the ire of Democrats, Ukrainians, and college presidents. Wall Street assumed the president would have their back. Not so…
Peter Coy
Michael Lind: Why Tariffs Are Good
The claim that tariffs are inherently misguided and inevitably harmful does not stand up to scrutiny.
Michael Lind
Erick Erickson: MAGA’s Tariff Talking Points Are Bound to Backfire
Republicans risk repeating Democrats’ mistake—forgetting it’s the economy, stupid.
Erick Erickson
Hi, My Name Is Allan, and I’m a Compulsive Gambler
By the time I was 13, all I wanted for my birthday was my own bookie.
Allan Loeb
Cliff Asness: The New ‘Crypto Fort Knox’ Is as Dumb as It Sounds
To create a sovereign wealth fund dedicated to something five times or more as volatile as straight-up stocks is an awful idea.
Cliff Asness
Larry Summers Thinks Trump’s Tariffs Are a Disaster
The former Treasury secretary says: ‘I have never seen as irrational a consequential policy put in place by an American administration.’
Oliver Wiseman
WATCH: The Future of Money with Brian Armstrong
Have you ever gone on the internet and stumbled onto this combo of words, or perhaps non-words?: Dogecoin. Shiba Inu. Hawkcoin. Bored Ape NFT.
Bari Weiss
1HR 9M
When Elon Musk Offers Government Buyouts
‘It’s insulting.’ Even federal workers who are taking the deal hate it.
Madeleine Rowley
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