Latest articles by John Aziz
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Why America's new love affair with saving is not great economic news
feature The recession transformed Americans' relationship with money
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What the budget deal means for the economy
feature Compromise is good, but another crisis may be just around the corner
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Why the Volcker Rule won't solve the problem of Too Big To Fail
feature Or any problems, really...
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Is the rent really too damn high?
feature The evidence shows that renters' problems may lie elsewhere
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Obama's stimulus succeeded — even if it was too small
feature Five years later, Republicans are still determined to portray the stimulus as a failure. Enough!
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What's up with the recent rash of banker suicides?
feature Some see systemic doom and gloom in the deaths
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Lottery winners become more right-wing, study finds
feature Self-interest can be a powerful motivator
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WhatsApp and the economics of free stuff
feature Analysts say the messaging service has cost phone carriers billions of dollars. But that's not quite the case.
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Facebook just bought WhatsApp for $16 billion — and that money could have been better spent
feature The social network is starting to seem desperate
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No, this chart does not portend a financial apocalypse
feature Learning from the past is smart. But these supposed historical parallels are just dumb.
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The real reason for America's falling labor participation rate
feature It’s not laziness, or workers giving up looking for work
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How a $10.10 minimum wage could raise 4.6 million Americans out of poverty
feature A higher minimum wage would significantly boost incomes, and create jobs
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Why China wants to lead the world in 3D printing
feature Already the world's largest manufacturer, China is now on track to become the leading 3D printing economy by 2016
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How the NSA is hurting America's tech industry — and helping China's
feature International customers are fleeing tech titans like Cisco over fears of U.S. snooping. But they'll likely face similar surveillance by working with Chinese competitors.
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Dow 16,000: Will the bull market continue?
feature Help me, Janet Yellen, you're my only hope
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No, wrecking shopping carts won't help the homeless
feature It's not a problem that can be solved with a sledgehammer...
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How saving endangers the economy — and what to do about it
feature With everyone sitting on piles of cash, it's time for the U.S. government to step in and spend — national debt be damned
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Can Google go 100 percent renewable?
feature The internet giant says it wants to go totally green
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What the Federal Reserve could learn from Strike Debt
feature The group's debt-forgiveness mission has had some eye-opening success
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How falling gas prices could accelerate economic growth
feature Incredibly, the U.S. is now on track to become the world’s biggest oil producer in just two years
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Obama is right to be worried about income inequality — it’s gotten a lot worse under his watch
feature The president's economic legacy could amount to a bailout for the rich
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Where is the Davos for the 99 percent?
feature What's the point of a discussion on inequality if everyone in the room is rich?
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Don't blame the Fed for the turmoil in emerging markets
feature The bubble hasn’t even burst yet, and people are pointing fingers at Ben Bernanke
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The middle class is shrinking, the lower class is growing, and Washington is MIA
feature These economic problems needn't be intractable. And yet...
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