U.S. election, European banks, Uber-Didi
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump battle over infrastructure needs, while Trump faces growing...
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Clinton, Tech M&A, Facebook, Apple
Democrats turn to Michael Bloomberg to woo independents and anti-Trump Republicans. Meanwhile,...
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First came Brexit. Then Trump. Now the world's attention turns once again across the Atlantic to...
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63: How to Get a Job After You Commit a Felony
Millions of Americans could help solve a looming labor shortage for certain U.S. industries....
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In the wake of Donald Trump's surprise presidential victory, the Benchmark team has a few...
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61: Thanksgiving Will Be Cheaper This Year and That's Not Good
Falling food prices may be good for your Thanksgiving tab this year, but they're doing a number...
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59: O Trucker, Where Art Thou?
How tight is the U.S. labor market? So much that one trucking company is offering $5,000 signing...
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58: Childcare Costs Are Too Damn High
If U.S. childcare costs are so expensive, why do people who walk your dog make more money than...
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57: JD Vance and the Rise of the White Working Class
How did a diminishing slice of Western economies come to so dominate the political narrative? The...
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56: Actually, You Probably Can't Make It in New York
And you might want to cross San Francisco off the list, too. In the past 30 years, the most...
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Benchmark Special: Here's What You Need to Know About the Fed
The world's most powerful central bank kept interest rates unchanged today, but the Federal...
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55: The App That Runs China's Economy
Can a nation's entire economy fit on one smartphone app? In China, that day is almost here. More...
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54: The Optimist's Guide to the Economy
More than a decade after the first Internet boom, U.S. productivity growth has stagnated and the...
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Benchmark Special: Five Questions From the August Jobs Report
Sometimes the monthly U.S. jobs report delivers a clear signal on the labor market and the...
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53: Why Are Weddings So Expensive? Blame Econ 101.
Happily ever after doesn't come cheap in the U.S. Couples looking to tie the knot pay an average...
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52: Ever Since Texting, It's Been Downhill for the U.S. Economy
When phone companies implored U.S. customers in 2003 to text more because they were lagging...
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51: Fancy Face Cream, South Korea's Next Economic Engine
This week the Benchmark team takes a look at one of South Korea's most promising new exports:...
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50: 'Hamilton' -- From Smash Musical to Economics Syllabus
As much as economics permeates our lives, the concepts behind the subject can often be rather...
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49: Slaves of Brazil — An Economic History
Now that slavery, of all things, has popped up as one of the weirder talking points in the...
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48: Why Do Sports Make Sane People Lose Their (Economic) Minds?
Police strikes, threats of Zika and a $20 billion tab: Welcome to the 2016 Summer Olympics games...
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