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The Inflation Plateau

Rates have been stuck at around 3.5 for the past three months. What’s going on? Just a few months ago, America seemed to have licked the...

25.04.2024 30

The Atlantic

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Who’s Afraid of a Chinese EV?

Supercheap electric cars or an American industrial renaissance: Pick one. Chinese electric vehicles—cheap, stylish, and high quality—should be a...

18.04.2024 10

The Atlantic

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Joe Biden’s Drug-Price Conundrum

The president turned one of the most popular ideas in politics into reality. So far, no one seems to care. Suppose the president asked you to design...

04.04.2024 10

The Atlantic

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The Urban Doom Loop Hasn’t Happened—Yet

America’s superstar cities have avoided the post-pandemic death spiral so far. Will that last? The pandemic was supposed to be the death of the...

22.03.2024 10

The Atlantic

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How America’s Economy Out-Europed Europe

A mix of big spending and big government has helped the U.S. avoid Europe’s post-pandemic struggles. The Old World has new problems. Over the...

04.03.2024 10

The Atlantic

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Has the Rise of the One Percent Really Been Debunked?

A heated academic debate reveals how divorced economic analysis can be from reality. Everyone knows that inequality has gotten out of hand in the...

27.02.2024 10

The Atlantic

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The Grumpy Economy

Why Americans trust feelings more than facts when it comes to prosperity What was the worst moment for the American economy in the past half century?...

14.02.2024 10

The Atlantic

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The Great Normalization

Last year, the crime and inflation crises largely evaporated. So did the leading theories about what had caused them. America entered 2023 with two...

18.01.2024 40

The Atlantic

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Is Economic Pessimism the Media’s Fault?

A new study finds that news coverage of the U.S. economy has become disproportionately pessimistic in the last few years. The jobs report released...

12.01.2024 10

The Atlantic

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The U.S. Is Producing More Oil Than Ever. Why?

The politics of solving climate change may, paradoxically, require producing more fossil fuels for a while. If all goes well, 2023 will be remembered...

20.12.2023 40

The Atlantic

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Higher Interest Rates Are Good, Actually

The end of artificially cheap money should herald a fairer, more sustainable economy. Americans just have to survive the transition. When inflation...

11.12.2023 10

The Atlantic

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Why America Abandoned the Greatest Economy in History

Was the country’s turn toward free-market fundamentalism driven by race, class, or something else? Yes. If there is one statistic that best...

25.11.2023 20

The Atlantic

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The Stock Market Is Disappearing

The number of American public companies has decreased by half since 1996. How can that be? The publicly traded company is disappearing. In 1996, about...

30.10.2023 5

The Atlantic

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The 1970s Economic Theory That Needs to Die

Turns out you can tame inflation without triggering a recession. Will the Federal Reserve accept the good news? If you were trying to engineer a...

20.10.2023 9

The Atlantic

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