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The Great American Fun Shortage
There’s a historic mismatch between fun-supply and fun-demand in the US this summer.
Americans are clamoring for places to relax and socialize. But …
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Inflation Is Cooling. Why Are Americans Still Sweating?
A slate of new data this week painted a tepid but slightly optimistic picture of the US economy: Consumer prices declined in June for the first time …
3 weeks, 4 days ago
All the President's Profits
President Donald Trump’s 2025 financial disclosure showed earnings unlike anything Americans have seen from a sitting US president: $1.4 billion in c…
3 weeks, 5 days ago
Xi Jinping Loves Soccer. Why Is China’s Team So Bad?
China’s men’s soccer team has qualified for the World Cup just once, despite millions in investment and a personal push from President Xi Jinping to …
3 weeks, 6 days ago
A New Middle East Is Emerging From the Iran War
The last few days have brought a flurry of developments in the Iran war.
As armed hostilities between the US and Iran resumed over the weekend, news …
4 weeks ago
Weekend Listen: Is the world prepared for a 'super' El Niño?
The great famine of the 1870s killed 50 million people – and El Niño was a key driver. Another El Niño phase has just begun and it’s expected to be a…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
The Grueling Economics of Tennis
Some of the world’s top tennis players will face off at the Wimbledon finals this weekend. The players who make it to Centre Court have already achie…
1 month ago
Trump is Protesting His Own Party
Maine Democrat Graham Platner’s withdrawal from his US Senate race is ratcheting up an already intense run-up to the US midterm elections. And yet, a…
1 month ago
How Trump Is Bursting the $100 Billion Grad School Bubble
For two decades, American universities have doubled down on master’s programs, relying on graduate degrees as their financial backbones. Now, the Tru…
1 month ago
Why China Is Flashing Its Military Muscle
China rattled neighbors from Japan to Australia on Monday by test-launching a long-range ballistic missile from a nuclear submarine in the Pacific Oc…
1 month ago