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The Ozempicization of the Economy
Biohacking, gambling, and war
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Buying Futures, Renting the Past: How Speculation and Nostalgia Became the Economy
Super Bowl ads, Jesus derivatives, and Gen Alpha's return to the theater
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The Great Entertainment
Can you govern the world like a reality TV show?
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San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly and Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin on What's Actually Happening in the Economy
Now vs the 1970s/1990s, the persistence of uncertainty, and why cranes matter
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Everyone is Gambling and No One is Happy
Vibes, AI, open-mouth coughing, and lessons from 40 weeks of travel
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The Most Valuable Commodity in the World is Friction
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30 Days, 9 Cities, 1 Question: Where Did American Prosperity Go?
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How AI, Healthcare, and Labubu Became the American Economy
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30 Days, 9 Cities, 1 Question: Where Did American Prosperity Go?
Traveling the country to understand it
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How Bible Sales and Chipotle Explain the Economy
rate cuts, risk, and the casino economy
Oct 30, 2025
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Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee on What the Job Market Is Really Telling Us
Inside the Chicago Fed’s effort to measure work in an era of fuzzy data and fragile confidence
Oct 9, 2025
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AI Is the Market, and the Market Is the Government
AI, Gold, and the New Logic of Governance
Oct 8, 2025
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Who's Getting Rich Off Your Attention?
How concentrated ownership and automated manipulation reshape democracy
Sep 24, 2025
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6 Economic Lessons from Books About Power, Propaganda, and Decline
What Tolkien, Canetti, Girard and more can teach us about discord, scapegoats, and the test of institutions.
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Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack on the Risks Markets Are Missing Right Now
The importance of Fed independence, sticky inflation, AI’s impact on entry-level work, and why she still leans modestly restrictive
Sep 3, 2025
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