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AI, tech & economy

Analysis of artificial intelligence, online platforms, prices, jobs and trade. We focus on what the evidence shows, and say plainly where it is still unsettled.

Economy / Analysis

What the Federal Reserve actually does

The Fed’s dual mandate, how it sets interest rates, what its balance sheet is for, and how its decisions reach your mortgage and paycheck.

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Economy / Analysis

How tariffs work, and who actually pays them

What a tariff is, who writes the check, what research on recent U.S. tariffs found about who bears the cost, and the laws presidents use to impose them.

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