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The 30th anniversary of Tommy Boy was recently commemorated in Sandusky, Ohio, with the first Tommy Boy Fest. I was sorry to have missed this event since the schedule looked…
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For decades, New York City prided itself on being the financial capital of the world. It’s a place where money, culture, and power converge. And yet, as has been seen…
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In 1956, a trucking entrepreneur named Malcolm McLean did something quietly radical: he placed 58 identical steel boxes onto a cargo ship in Newark and sent them to Houston. Those…
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In 2018, Democratic lawmakers in California created a new bureaucratic department, in part, to “close equity and achievement gaps” at higher education institutions in the state. Seven years later, a…
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On August 28, 2025, Chicago Public Schools (CPS), the fourth-largest school district in the US, passed a $10.2 billion budget and is facing a $743 million deficit. Prior to the…
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In 2018, Democratic lawmakers in California created a new bureaucratic department, in part, to “close equity and achievement gaps” at higher education institutions in the state. Seven years later, a…
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On August 28, 2025, Chicago Public Schools (CPS), the fourth-largest school district in the US, passed a $10.2 billion budget and is facing a $743 million deficit. Prior to the…
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The Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors got a taste of The Apprentice treatment last week. On August 25, President Trump removed Lisa Cook from her position as a Fed governor.…
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Although conversations between economists are essential — sharpening our thinking, challenging assumptions, and refining concepts — it’s easy to forget just how intractable and unintuitive economics often appears to those…