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Self-Inflicted Wounds: The Shocks We Chose
How Lab-Grown Diamonds Broke the Market
If AI Does Your Job, Who Gets Paid?
The Great Shift From Workers to Owners
Inflation, Iran and 16% Cheaper Lettuce
The Birds and the Bees of Economics
I Hate Failing Students. This One Earned It.
I’ve Always Wanted to Be a Fly on the Wall at the Fed
AI's Biggest Problem May Be the Speed of Adjustment
The July Jobs Report Should Worry You
The President Is Selling You Out — One Second at a Time
What Victorian Bootmakers Can Teach Us About The Future of Work
Economics Is Not a Subject—It's a Toolkit
Tariffs, Take Three: The Dumbest Round Yet
How SNAP's New Rules Make Eligible Families Go Hungry
A Primer on the Economics of Privacy
Some thoughts on reading a profile of yourself in your hometown paper
Global Tariffs Are Back. Did They Ever Really Leave?
How should Canada respond to Trump's tariffs?
New Wrapper, Same Rotten Policy
I Championed Prediction Markets. Look What They’ve Become.
Six Dollars a Day Is Disappearing For Millions
Why Trump’s New Tariff Is Bigger Than Canada
Justin Responds To Your Questions on Trump Accounts | The Professor Is In
What Reese's Cups and Canadian Wildfires Teach Us About Economics
Spend $2 Billion, Make $8 Billion: The New Presidential Math
From the Gilded Age to Age of AI: A Conversation with Heather Cox Richardson
What the White House Isn't Telling You About Trump Accounts
Good News on Inflation — With an Asterisk
Could Price Comparison Apps Be Making Gas MORE Expensive?
The Hidden Pattern in Gas Prices (And How to Beat It)
Trump Made Billions on Crypto. His Own Fans Lost Even More.
Feel Your Feelings: Jobs, Trump Accounts, and America's Big Birthday
The Latest Jobs Report Is Disappointing…But Still Healthy
A User’s Guide to Living With Inflation
Convenience Has a Price — They Just Won't Tell You What It Is
Sifting Through the Wreckage of An Ill-Informed War
A Distraction From the Most Important Question of Our Lifetime
Better Lawyers, Worse Economics: Inside Trump's Latest Tariff Strategy
Elections are cheap when you're a trillionaire
The Jobs Numbers Will Get Revised
Social Security Is Running Out
War Rages On, Prices Keep Rising, And Wages Aren't Keeping Up
Why I Still Trust the Jobs Report
Why A Hot Jobs Report Spooked Wall Street
The Future of Work Is Care | The Professor Is In
Why Stocks Hated May’s Strong Jobs Report | Off the Clock
The Labor Market Is Heating Up
The Media That's Changed How I Think
The Pink-Collar Economy Is Here
A Gas Tax Holiday Is Performative Nonsense | The Professor Is In
The Gulfstream Economy: How Flattery Replaced Competition
How to Measure a Crater in the Global Economy
A Gas Tax Holiday Would Miss the Point
How I learned to stop relaxing and start worrying about the debt
Is Inflation Going to Ruin the Summer?
Consumer Sentiment Hits A Record Low
Trump's "Systematic" Undermining of the Economy
What Really Happens When Schools Lock Away Phones?
The Oil Market Isn’t Buying the White House Story
What You Missed — Last Week in Economics
Justin Wolfers Answers Your Questions on the National Debt
How to Lie with a Chart, by the U.S. Government
Catching up on Inflation, the Fed, and Economic Chaos Coming From the White House
What this war is really costing us (Director's Cut)
The Economy Is a B (But Policy Gets an F)
Is this what affordability looks like?
How peacocks and realtors explain the economics of the Met Gala
Spirit Airlines, Public Debt, and the AI Economy | Off the Clock
War, billionaires, and economists — what are they good for?
What The Iran War Will Cost You
Platypus Economics is off to the races
Should we actually be worried about the national debt?
Fed Recap: Nothing Changed. Then a Lot Did.
The economy grew. Mostly AI did it.
The Hidden $1.5 Trillion Lending Market No One Is Watching
Iran Ceasefire Won't Fix The Economy
Trump Officials Accidentally Revealed The Truth About Immigration