>"Interest rates were low for years. Imagine how much the country could have gotten done."

"A look at the grim scenarios—and the U.S. playbook for each"

>"Market booms and busts might be irrational, but we can understand why they happen – and what to do to mitigate the damage"

"Hernan Diaz’s new novel audaciously tells a tale of American capital—again, and again, and again."

>"Central bank’s target is reached, prompting concern about the effects of high energy and raw-material costs"

>"Digital communication in its current form is corrosive to culture and community. But ritual and narrative can repair the damage."

This is a good column. Also worth noting Dems’ “solution” here— antitrust— isn’t going to actually do anything and no credible economist that I can identify thinks it will.

>"Nothing we can do will make the world more free, fair and prosperous than giving women control over their own bodies"

"After generations of rapid growth, China has swallowed the world economy, and is struggling to avoid being swallowed by it. Its introspective turn is led by the government, but the need is felt by all sorts of people."

"The burden makes it hard to start a family, buy a home or open a business. That’s a long-term drag on growth."

>"The dynamic of constant innovation and consumption is intrinsically unsustainable. It’s time to rethink endless economic growth."

[https://www.wired.com/story/fast-cheap-out-of-control-inside-rise-of-shein#intcid=_wired-verso-hp-trending_76b91435-5bfb-4b52-a030-1ca5ab6642ef_popular4-1](https://www.wired.com/story/fast-cheap-out-of-control-inside-rise-of-shein#intcid=_wired-verso-hp-trending_76b91435-5bfb-4b52-a030-1ca5ab6642ef_popular4-1) >"The Chinese company has become a fast-fashion juggernaut by appealing to _...Read More_

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"Middle- and low-income households are being priced out of owning their homes as average house prices reach levels last seen in the 2000s."

"It’s Tax Day, so ponder this: in social democratic countries like Sweden, the government does your taxes for you. Just add it to the list of nice things we should have _...Read More_