In 2023, Americans used Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) services to finance over $100 billion in US retail transactions, up nearly fivefold since 2020. This surge has alarmed personal finance…
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In 2023, Americans used Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) services to finance over $100 billion in US retail transactions, up nearly fivefold since 2020. This surge has alarmed personal finance…
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Senator Ted Cruz wants a federal moratorium on state-level AI regulation, centralizing authority in Washington. But if the federal government takes control, who controls the bureaucracy that will decide which…
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Inflation ticked up last month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.3 percent last month and 2.7 percent over the past year. Core inflation,…
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Larry Summers recently claimed on X that Republican tax policies — specifically the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) pushed by Trump and congressional Republicans — are a major reason why…
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Larry Summers recently claimed on X that Republican tax policies — specifically the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) pushed by Trump and congressional Republicans — are a major reason why…
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Inflation ticked up last month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.3 percent last month and 2.7 percent over the past year. Core inflation,…
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Inflation ticked up last month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.3 percent last month and 2.7 percent over the past year. Core inflation,…
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Few regions in Argentina symbolize the collapse of the Peronist model as clearly as La Rioja. This remote and impoverished province has depended for decades on subsidies distributed by the…
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Do increases in the minimum wage only manifest themselves in reduced employment? Or are there other not-so-visible, but also not-so-trivial, effects that should be part of the policy discussion? As…