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Two decades ago, a researcher at TIAA came up with a brilliant invention, but no insurance company would touch it. Has its time finally come?

Sure, workers have paid into these programs all their lives, but they get more out of them than they pay in, which is why Biden’s own Social Security Trustees predict insolvency in the next decade.

You hear it all the time, including from me: Our politics is too partisan, too polarized, too divided. Why can’t both parties work together for the common good? But it’s worth pointing out that sometimes...

You hear it all the time, including from me: Our politics is too partisan, too polarized, too divided.

You hear it all the time, including from me: Our politics is too partisan, too polarized, too divided. Why can’t both parties work together for the common good?

Asteroid 16 Psyche is unusual because, while most are made of rock and ice, this one is mostly made of metal. NASA plans to explore it

Democrats and Republicans are embracing economic nationalism, but its policies work against consumers and taxpayers.

This week's links include an interview with Jeff Wooldridge and one with Belinda Archibong, work on cash handouts, an update on mobile money, and more...

Peter Coy on the ASSA meetings (How the Coachella of Economics Can Survive Covid) (emphasis added): The annual three-day meeting is the Coachella of economics. It’s a be-in and a teach-in. In place of music, art and other earthly delights, there are PowerPoint presentations featuring innovations in econometrics. Nobel laureates...

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