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James SurowieckiThe New Yorker |
The stock market’s sustained rally has led to fears, but the doom-mongers are ignoring the economy’s strong fundamentals. War in the Middle East....
How the ex-president’s social-media platform became the new Bed Bath & Beyond After the stock-market frenzy that ensued when Trump Media &...
The most pro-labor president in history could hardly do more for unions, but their members aren’t feeling it. Joe Biden courted the leaders of the...
The most pro-labor president in history could hardly do more for unions, but their members aren’t feeling it. Joe Biden courted the leaders of the...
Actually, they have had some effect—just not one that Vladimir Putin cares about. When, earlier this month, Tucker Carlson posted a short video clip...
Taking Tesla public helped grow the business, but it also meant that he had some pesky obligations to shareholders. In 2018, Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk,...
Republicans want to outlaw state investment in funds they see as tainted by progressive ideology. They’ll probably just get lower returns. One of...
Behind the 737 Max’s persistent problems is the erosion of a valuable corporate culture. That will be harder to fix than a loose bolt. When, last...
The price of gasoline plays an outsize role in shaping consumer sentiment—with big implications for the current “vibecession.” One of the...
The OpenAI management saga, which began two weeks ago when the organization’s board unexpectedly fired CEO Sam Altman, and which has since featured...
The most famous story about Charlie Munger, a vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway since 1978, who died Tuesday at the age of 99, is that many years...
Disney’s new film The Marvels turned in its second straight dismal box-office performance this weekend, taking in a mere $10.2 million. That was a...
But they’re not feeling it. “Are you better off today than you were four years ago?” That question, first posed by Ronald Reagan in a 1980...
When it comes to the U.S. economy, the hits just keep on coming. That’s the obvious takeaway from yesterday’s third-quarter GDP report, which...
The rich get richer. That’s the simple takeaway from this week’s third-quarter earnings reports from the country’s megabanks. While Citi saw...
If having one world-beating company dominate the national economy is a problem, it’s one that a lot of small countries would like. Over the past...
Autoworkers want a bigger share. Share of what? say Ford, GM, and Chrysler. The United Auto Workers’ strike against the Big Three U.S. carmakers has...
Rupert Murdoch announced yesterday that he will be stepping down as chairman of Fox and News Corp. If he’s really stepping aside (there are signs he...
In late 2020, the food delivery company DoorDash went public on the Nasdaq at $102 a share. It had $2.8 billion in annual revenue and no profits, but...