Latest articles by Jeff Spross
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Joe Biden is wrong about China. So is Trump.opinion Friend or foe? It's not that simple.
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How robots became a scapegoat for the destruction of the working classopinion Robots didn't destroy the safety net or workers' rights. They didn't even steal jobs.
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Trump's sanctions crackdown is going to cause Iran some serious economic painThe Explainer But that doesn't mean it will work
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The reason so many unprofitable companies are going publicThe Explainer It's all about network effects
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Why Saudi Arabia needs dollars to kick its oil habitThe Explainer The key to the kingdom's long-term economic success
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Wall Street's looming 'earnings recession' is a good thingfeature It's a sign that the economy is still growing
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Uber is basically promising investors it will become a monopolyThe Explainer Oh goodie
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China isn't cheating at trade. It's just running America's old plays.The Explainer The West didn't play by these rules to get rich. Why should China?
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How the Trump administration could be enabling the next big financial crisisThe Explainer Relentless pursuit of growth has consequences
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Trump is finally Trumpifying the Fedfeature What Herman Cain and Stephen Moore mean for the most important financial institution in the world
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The real risk to the dollarThe Explainer Could the national debt really destroy the dollar? Maybe — just not the way you think.
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China's forced technology transfer is actually a pretty good ideaopinion China may not need to require foreign investors to share their trade secrets anymore, but other developing countries should give it a try
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Why Puerto Rico is starvingThe Explainer Thanks to poor policy design, congressional dithering, and a hostile White House, hundreds of thousands of the most vulnerable Puerto Ricans are about to go hungry
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Why the yield curve inversion might not signal a recessionThe Explainer The economy has become a lot less predictable
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Be grateful the Fed is not the ECBopinion Thank heavens for the politicization of the U.S. central bank
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Uber, Lyft, and an IPO's real purposeThe Explainer Is it to raise money for the company or private investors?
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Why Boeing will likely cruise through its crisisThe Explainer It's too big to fail
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Why New York and D.C. should tell Amazon to take a hikeopinion Beat it, Bezos
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Theresa May is out of optionsopinion Will the British prime minister turn back from a hard Brexit?
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Why the best remedy for a trade deficit is a spending deficitopinion We don't need a trade war — or the deals the Trump administration probably can't achieve
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China at the crossroadsThe Explainer As the Chinese economy slows, Beijing is faced with a choice about its state-capitalist model
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The two types of GDP growth, explainedThe Explainer Do you really know what GDP growth means?
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Why cargo ships might (literally) sail the high seas againThe Explainer International shipping is getting back into wind power
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Is the Republican tax law supercharging gentrification?The Explainer A hastily constructed provision around "opportunity zones" might be doing more harm than good
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