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For the millennial generation, the prospect of buying even a “starter home” has all but disappeared.

A 50-Year Mortgage Is a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Idea

Ted Tatos

November 11, 2025

Instacart is offering a one-time 50 percent grocery discount to SNAP users thanks to an approved USDA waiver.

To Limit Hunger, Progressives Should Embrace This Price Discrimination Plan

Gavin A. Sicard and Hal Singer

November 10, 2025

The winners of this year’s Nobel Prize in Economics.

Deciphering the Meaning of This Year’s Nobel Prize in Economics

Hal Singer

October 17, 2025

A BNSF-CSX through train moves down the tracks.

To Preserve Railroad Competition, the STB Should Separate the Track from the Train

Peter Carstensen

October 16, 2025

The Growthers are punching at shadows.

The Hollowness of Growth as an Objective

Dylan Gyauch-Lewis

October 08, 2025

Flying Elvises from Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)

Why Did Hotel Rates Surge in Vegas? (Hint: It’s Wasn’t the Demand)

Hal Singer

October 06, 2025

Google’s AI Overview occupies all of the above-the-fold area on a mobile display.

Will Google’s AI Overviews Swallow the News?

Tim Cowen, Abdea Coomarasamy and Uni Valdivieso

September 22, 2025

Uber and Lyft drivers rally for batter pay and working conditions at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin. (Jay Janner/AP)

Standing with Small Business in the Fight for a Fair Economy

Seth Frotman

September 21, 2025

A courtroom sketch of Judge Amit Mehta on the bench. ILLUSTRATION: DANA VERKOUTEREN; AP

A Judge Just Decided to Let Google Keep Breaking the Law

John Newman

September 07, 2025

Google CEO Sundar Pichai departs federal court in Washington, D.C. Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Antitrust Liability Obligates Structural Change

Daniel A. Hanley

August 17, 2025

Prior authorization is a nightmare for patients and doctors. Photo: Enrique Guzmán Egas on Unsplash

Prior Authorization: A Consolidated PBM Nightmare

Venu Julapalli

August 14, 2025

“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" during Monday's July 15, 2024 show. CBS Photo Archive / CBS via Getty Images

No, The Tunney Act Won’t Save Democracy

Darren Bush

August 13, 2025