Friday, May 29, 2026

‘A’ Grades Are Suddenly Everywhere Since the Arrival of ChatGPT

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AI is accelerating grade inflation, research indicates, and making it harder for employers to size up graduates By Lindsay Ellis of The WSJ ...
Thursday, May 28, 2026

The American Rebellion Against AI Is Gaining Steam

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Booed commencement speakers, blocked data centers, plummeting poll numbers: Fast-growing industry has a faster-growing crisis By Amrith Ramk...
Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Driving an Electric Vehicle Could Cost You an Extra $130 a Year

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To boost highway maintenance, a new bill in Congress proposes an annual fee for battery-powered vehicles By Sean McLain of The WSJ . Excerpt...
Monday, May 25, 2026

Here’s What’s Shoring Up the Global Economy During the Energy Shock

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Oil reserves, leaps in energy efficiency and the AI boom have helped stave off a slump for now By Jason Douglas of The WSJ . Excerpts: ...
Saturday, May 23, 2026

Almost 50% of Preventable Cancers Linked to Just Two Lifestyle Habits

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By Carly Cassella of ScienceAlert . Excerpts: "According to a recent analysis from the   World Health Organization   (WHO), more t...
Friday, May 22, 2026

Childless adults who do not expect children are more likely to invest in stocks than those who expect children

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From Tyler Cowen . "We examine how fertility expectations influence financial risk-taking using nationally representative data from th...
Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Can You Mix Economics With Religion?

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The ancient Greeks sure thought you could. They had a god of commerce and a god of wealth. You can read about them at Britannica. Hermes (c...
Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Republicans give up on free market policies while Democrats seek money from wall street donors

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See  Democrats Are Courting These Wall Street Financiers to Help Them Win in 2028: Potential presidential candidates are already looking to ...
Monday, May 18, 2026

Life is full of tradeoffs: Do we have to give up beautiful trees to have more reliable electricity?

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See  Ann Arbor Would Like to Report a ‘Massacre’ of Its Trees: Utility company DTE Energy says its trimmers are keeping the power on. That’s...
Saturday, May 16, 2026

AI Is Distorting Practically Everything About the Economy

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It makes growth look better and the job market look worse. Maybe an AI investment bust wouldn’t hurt so much after all. By Greg Ip . Excerpt...
Friday, May 15, 2026

Where Americans Are Drawing the Line on Price Increases

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Shoppers are buying less where prices are rising fastest, showing that inflation isn’t being driven by demand but by companies passing on co...
Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Adam Smith and the Role of the Towns in Feudal Europe

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By Mark Koyama . Abstract  "Adam Smith’s account of medieval towns in Book III of The Wealth of Nations remains one of the most influen...
Tuesday, May 12, 2026

The Seasonally Adjusted CPI Was up 0.64% in April

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Here are the changes in the seasonally adjusted CPI for the six months ending in March:  Sept. 0.2951% (There was no report for October due ...