The Economist 9 hr ago

Economics lessons from Home Depot

What the world’s biggest DIY store says about American housing

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The Economist 1d ago

Investors fear another surge in inflation

So why aren’t more buying inflation-protected bonds?

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The Economist 2d ago

Where expat escapees from Dubai end up

Will they ever return?

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The Economist 2d ago

How much is Donald Trump costing America’s economy? 

We calculate the drag on growth from fitful presidential policymaking

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The Economist 6d ago

How to share the AI windfall

Are taxes enough?

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The Economist 6d ago

The jobs apocalypse: a (very) short history

Mass unemployment induced by AI would be unprecedented

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The Economist May 13

Is AI putting graduates out of work already?

If you are studying coding, we might have some bad news

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The Economist May 12

How the world has avoided an oil catastrophe so far

The great commodity-market mystery is deepening

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The Economist May 12

Index rebalancing is now the biggest event in markets

But profiting from it is another matter

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The Economist May 11

China wants more robots but not fewer workers

A human-first approach to automation

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The Economist May 11

America is experiencing a productivity miracle

AI hasn’t—yet—got much to do with it

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The Economist May 7

The myth of the petrodollar

America’s currency supremacy runs deeper than oil

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