Driverless cars could provide a boost to productivity
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Here's "what to tell politicians and policymakers who want to use subsidies or trade protection to preserve jobs in particular industries." MarketsThe upper middle class is growing and thriving, and then 'pulling up the ladder behind them'
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Look at the location of the world's biggest companies. MarketsThis is the scariest chart about the US economy right now
Productivity MarketsThese 2 charts suggest talk of an infrastructure 'crisis' in America seems overblown
"The concept what infrastructure is important for the 21st century needs to be much broader than roads and bridges, and even broader than transportation." Markets3 reasons why the Fed might've made a big mistake
Janet Yellen might be repeating the mistakes of Ben Bernanke. MarketsIt's officially a lost decade for the US economy
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"Sounds like he is for competitive capitalism but not crony capitalism. " MarketsThis might be as good as it gets for US debt
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'To pay for the government expansion that the Sanders-Warren left wants would require a middle-class tax hike ...' MarketsSteve Jobs exemplified the beauty of capitalism
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Tax cuts details. MarketsGOLDMAN SACHS: Republicans are a slight favorite to win the White House in 2016
Goldman's political forecasting model points to the Republican candidate.ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7o8HSoqWeq6Oeu7S1w56pZ5ufonyiwdOhpqtnmpa6pr%2BMqZytoJ%2BgvLa3yKw%3D