Economics

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Why the Left Is Trying to Take Down the Most Progressive Fed Chair in 40 Years

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One Thing Congress Can Always Agree On: Showering the Military With Money

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Why Biden Could Succeed Where Trump Failed on Infrastructure

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Why Inflation Could Linger

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Seven Reasons to Be Extremely Optimistic About the Economy Right Now

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Texas Republicans Who Want to Lure Bitcoin Mining Companies Should Be Very, Very Careful

Jake Dean and Nitish Pahwa

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What Happened When a 3,000-Person Village in El Salvador Became “Bitcoin Beach”

Aaron Mak

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What’s Actually Causing Prices to Spike

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Where Conversations About Inflation Go Wrong

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What’s *Really* Going On With Inflation and Jobs

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Joe Biden Is Starting to Sound Hawkish About the Deficit. Uh-Oh.

Jordan Weissmann

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The Big Problem With Addressing the “Root Causes” of Migration

Pedro Gerson

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Biden to Raise Hourly Minimum Wage to $15 for Federal Contractors

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There Is a Glaringly Obvious Way to Get Everyone to Take the Vaccine

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Inflation Is About to Look Freaky

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Joe Biden Wants to Put the World’s Corporate Tax Havens Out of Business

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