Latest articles by James Pethokoukis
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Threats of nuclear war are the last thing the economy needed
opinion Economic pain arrives as the end of the Cold War ends
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This is the way the Biden presidency ends — not with a whimper, but a boomflation?
opinion Why workers, investors, and Biden fans ought to be really worried about the economy
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Why Apple's $3 trillion valuation bodes well for us all
opinion Mega-rich companies are a good sign for America
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Is nuclear fusion finally for real? Some very rich people seem to think so.
opinion All we have to do is solve one of the trickiest engineering problems in human history: recreating the sun here on Earth
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The benefits of billionaires in space
opinion This is how innovation begins
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America is headed back to space. This time we'll stay there.
feature Why the new generation of U.S. space exploration will last
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Democrats' dangerous inflation assumption
opinion Liberal policymakers assume today's economic trends will never change. Big mistake.
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Trump's visa ban is economic suicide
opinion This election year stunt is going to be catastrophic for American innovation and entrepreneurship
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What the SpaceX launch represents
opinion Come for the thrill of the rocket show. Stay for the groundbreaking innovation.
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Is coronavirus really a black swan event?
opinion The coronavirus, although dangerous and scary, isn't some unpredictable event
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Late capitalism isn't killing us
opinion Drugs were behind the opioid crisis, not globalization
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The weird criticism that Big Tech is too digital
feature Google and Facebook haven't built flying cars — and that's okay
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What has 'Trump the disrupter' actually disrupted?
opinion On the exceedingly conventional economics of the Trump presidency
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Greta Thunberg's prosperous future
opinion The activist is going to live on a prosperous, high-energy planet. And it's going to be fantastic.
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The backlash to the tech backlash
opinion Here's what the tech haters miss
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America's new CEOs are telling the wrong story about capitalism
opinion Shareholders actually love good corporate behavior
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Trump just showed his hand in the trade war
opinion Now Beijing knows for sure the Trump administration has a low threshold for economic and political pain
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Why America shouldn't stop at the moon — or Mars
opinion Alpha Centauri, here we come!
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Trump didn't fix the economy that Obama didn't break
opinion It's not even clear what Trump has done to make the economy better
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How much credit does Trump deserve for the booming economy?
opinion MAGA promised, MAGA delivered?
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Ray Dalio is wrong about capitalism
opinion The hedge fund billionaire's critique of capitalism is a one-stop shop of dodgy, exaggerated, and incomplete economic claims that only embrace the most pessimistic interpretation of the evidence
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The best thing that could happen to the American economy just happened
The Explainer Is this the tech boom we've been waiting for?
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Elizabeth Warren's fairy tale about Big Bad Tech
opinion Her plan might be good for revving up a crowd, but it would be bad for America
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New York succumbs to the billionaire backlash
opinion Will it regret chasing out 25,000 jobs?
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