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Is There an Affordability Crisis?
Tyler Cowen, Jason Furman, Kyla Scanlon, and others weigh in.
The Editors
Why Republicans Lose Every Healthcare Debate
The new fight over Obamacare shows why the GOP keeps getting dragged into debates it can’t win.
Yuval Levin
Stock Investing for Babies
‘Trump Accounts’ aim to build savings for children to grow with, but it’s hard for the middle class to maximize their gains.
Peter Coy
Michael Dell: Why I’m Giving $6 Billion to America’s Kids
I started my company with $1,000. I know what a financial foundation can mean.
Michael Dell
A Fed Chair the Markets Will Love
They say the job of the Fed is to take the punch bowl away when the market gets crazy. But if Kevin Hassett replaces Jerome Powell next year, expect him…
Mark Gimein
The Myth of the $140,000 Poverty Line
There are genuine concerns about affordability in the U.S., but the viral piece redefining poverty at $140,000 is based on bad assumptions and selective…
Tyler Cowen
The Valley of Death: Why $100,000 Is the New Poverty
The poverty line, a six-decade-old benchmark, claims to define the threshold to the middle class. The number is a lie.
Michael W. Green
Ancient Wisdom: Warren Buffett at 95
Greatness does not come about through accumulating vast amounts of money. When you help someone in any of thousands of ways, you help the world…
Warren Buffett
The Democrats Who Attack Billionaires—but Take Their Money
On the influence of corporations and billionaires on politics, there’s an awkward gap between the Democrats’ rhetoric and reality.
Gabe Kaminsky
Is AI a Bubble? Not So Fast.
It’s far too early to say if AI is a bubble. But the technology’s power to transform society means that believing it’s a bubble can be something of a…
Tyler Cowen
Niall Ferguson: OpenAI’s House of Cards
AI may be driving markets and GDP growth. But Sam Altman’s hype is pure Roaring ’20s.
Niall Ferguson
Why New York City Has 50,000 ‘Ghost Apartments’
Mamdani’s ‘freeze the rent’ pledge misses the real problem. The rent that landlords can charge often doesn’t cover their costs.
Matt Miller
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