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Your political polarization is the reason for our $38 trillion national debt, top economist says: 'it's deeply debilitating' for 'consensus and stability and productive policy results'

Your political polarization is the reason for our $38 trillion national debt, top economist says: ‘it’s deeply debilitating’ for ‘consensus and stability and productive policy results’

America’s $38 trillion national debt isn’t really because of bad math or budgeting, top economist Barry Eichengreen says. It isn’t because of interest rates, or an...

Zohran Mamdani's signature housing policy is widely loathed by economists. Here's why

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Zohran Mamdani’s signature housing policy is widely loathed by economists. Here’s why

New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani swept to victory Tuesday evening on a platform of affordability, anchored by a plan to freeze rents across nearly two...

Fed Governor Lisa Cook, in first policy speech since Trump suit, says she's undecided on Dec. rate cut

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Fed Governor Lisa Cook, in first policy speech since Trump suit, says she’s undecided on Dec. rate cut

Lisa Cook, governor of the US Federal Reserve, during the Thomas Laubach Research Conference hosted by the US Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington, DC,...

India now incurs higher U.S. tariffs than China. New Trump foreign policy?

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India now incurs higher U.S. tariffs than China. New Trump foreign policy?

US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrive to hold a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House in...

Billionaires' tax to solve Medicaid funding cuts? Major California union floats one-time policy patch

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Billionaires’ tax to solve Medicaid funding cuts? Major California union floats one-time policy patch

A major union announced a proposal Thursday to impose a one-time 5% tax on billionaires in California to address federal funding cuts to health care for...

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Watch Fed Chair Powell speak live on policy at the NABE conference in Philadelphia

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China's rare earth policy can 'forbid any country on Earth from participating in the modern economy'

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China’s rare earth policy can ‘forbid any country on Earth from participating in the modern economy’

Beijing’s new export controls on rare earths go well beyond restricting access to a critical technology input, according to a former White House advisor. On Thursday,...

Sam Altman’s AI empire will devour as much power as New York City and San Diego combined. Experts say it's 'scary'

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A 3-person policy non-profit that worked on California’s AI safety law is publicly accusing OpenAI of intimidation tactics

Nathan Calvin, the 29-year-old general counsel of Encode—a small AI policy nonprofit with just three full-time employees—published a viral thread on X Friday accusing OpenAI of...

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Google is tightening its ‘Work from Anywhere’ policy: Now a single day will count as a full week

Google is continuing to restrict remote work as more American and tech companies push in-office mandates and less remote flexibility. This time, the company is updating...

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Google adds limits to ‘Work from Anywhere’ policy that began in Covid

Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., during the Bloomberg Tech conference in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. David Paul Morris...