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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

AI causes job loss, but raises productivity. Do the lucky remaining workers get to share in the gains? (Photo: Getty Images)

Microsoft Says AI Has Boosted Worker Productivity. Their Pay Doesn’t Reflect It.

Gavin A. Sicard and Hal Singer

July 13, 2025

Last September, then vice-presidential candidate JD Vance called out high egg prices under the Biden Administration (AP Photo).

Did DOJ’s Investigation of the Egg Industry Cause Egg Prices to Fall?

Gavin A. Sicard and Hal Singer

June 13, 2025