Latest articles by Keith Wagstaff
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What should the minimum wage be?
feature Setting aside the rancor of the political class, several economists argue that $7.25 an hour is far too low
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Does a boost in retail sales mean the economy is back on track?
feature Consumer spending jumps 1.1 percent, the highest increase in five months
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JC Penney fires Ron Johnson: What now?
feature The struggling retail giant just sent its CEO, a once-celebrated ex-Apple exec, packing
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Why a bunch of dead bees is terrible news for the economy
feature Bees add $15 billion of value to U.S. crops every year
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Why is Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer stepping down?
feature Like the Zune, Ballmer will soon be a part of the software giant's past
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The average American wage hasn't grown at all since 2000
feature What economic recovery?
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Bloomberg Businessweek's phallic cover gets a rise from the media
feature Warning: Puns ahead
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Latest shots in the austerity debate: Krugman vs. Reinhart and Rogoff
feature The Excel spreadsheet error that rocked the world
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Entrepreneurs are likely to be privileged white males who smoked pot
feature A lot of cash and a dash of rebelliousness go a long way
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How student debt is hurting our economy
feature Nearly 42 percent of 25-year-olds have student debt. That's bad news for the housing and auto industries
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How the rich came out winners from the Great Recession
feature The top 7 percent saw their net worth increase by 28 percent over the last few years
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Meet Larry King's new Russian bosses
feature After 25 years with CNN, the legendary talk show host has signed on with a Moscow-backed cable news network
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3 terrible realities facing today's college students
feature Congress fails to prevent student loan rates from doubling, putting even more pressure on struggling college students
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Will Americans watch Al Jazeera America?
feature The Qatar-funded cable news network hits 48 million American homes on Tuesday
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What's so bad about horse burgers?
The Explainer U.K. shoppers are up in arms after an investigation turned up horse DNA in their beef burgers. But in much of the world, people eat horse without a second thought
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Forget burgers. You should grill pizza in your backyard
feature Welcome to the new frontier in backyard barbecuing
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The 'Jesus' burger is one gimmicky burger too far
feature What's wrong with a normal cheeseburger?
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The Ramen Burger is the new cronut
feature You can't have too much of two good things
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Sitting behind a big desk might make you a jerk
feature The bigger the desk, the bigger the ego, say scientists
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Republican Pat Toomey: Obama's best hope for gun control?
feature The NRA-approved senator might be the only one who can make an extended background check bill a reality
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Why is North Korea asking countries to evacuate their embassies?
feature The U.K. and Russia confirm they have been asked to leave
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Who wins if Hillary Clinton doesn't run in 2016?
feature Some Democrats are crossing their fingers that Clinton sits this one out
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Why the White House is fighting greater access to the morning-after pill
feature The Justice Department is appealing a court decision that would make Plan B available to women of all ages without a prescription
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How big of a deal is the new Benghazi testimony?
feature Once again, conservatives are in an uproar over Benghazi. And once again, liberals say it's much ado about nothing.
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