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The creator economy is headed for $500 billion, so why do their fans feel like a prison? thumbnail
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The creator economy is headed for $500 billion, so why do their fans feel like a prison?

If given the chance to gain thousands of admirers for your work, would you take it? The artists who my colleagues and I...

Every politician says they’re for the working man, so why are only 1% of elected officials from the working class? thumbnail
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Every politician says they’re for the working man, so why are only 1% of elected officials from the working class?

Both major U.S. political parties regularly tout their commitment to working-class Americans and claim to be the party of the working class. However,...

The Medicare GLP-1 discount is here, so why are some sick people excluded? thumbnail
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The Medicare GLP-1 discount is here, so why are some sick people excluded?

In January, Jeff La Marca got a prescription for the popular weight loss drug Zepbound. But he couldn’t afford the $750 monthly price...

Cursive’s unlikely AI-fueled comeback, explained thumbnail
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Cursive’s unlikely AI-fueled comeback, explained

Learning to read and write cursive was once a rite of passage for practically every American schoolchild. Until the early 20th century, children...

How IHH Healthcare CEO Prem Kumar Nair is planning for a longer-lived Asia thumbnail
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How IHH Healthcare CEO Prem Kumar Nair is planning for a longer-lived Asia

“There’s no point in living longer if you’re not healthy.” So says Prem Kumar Nair, CEO of Asia’s largest private health group, IHH...

Trump’s $200 billion tariff hit swells budget deficit to $2.1 trillion for 2026, CBO confirms thumbnail
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Trump’s $200 billion tariff hit swells budget deficit to $2.1 trillion for 2026, CBO confirms

The federal government’s tariff windfall is evaporating faster than expected, and the Congressional Budget Office says it’s blowing a $200 billion hole in...

Americans are as unhappy as ever. Could ‘a happiness-segregated society by marriage’ be why? thumbnail
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Americans are as unhappy as ever. Could ‘a happiness-segregated society by marriage’ be why?

For nearly 50 years, one number barely moved. Every year or two, the General Social Survey asks Americans how happy they are, and...

Everything’s bigger in Texas: Musk’s planned $16.8 billion chip factory is five times bigger than the world’s current largest building thumbnail
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Everything’s bigger in Texas: Musk’s planned $16.8 billion chip factory is five times bigger than the world’s current largest building

Elon Musk is betting that the next phase of his sprawling technology empire will require a building on a scale that has never...

Italy’s $4.7 billion cheese economy is feeling the heat as climate change threatens its cheese banks that hold Parmigiano wheels as loan collateral thumbnail
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Italy’s $4.7 billion cheese economy is feeling the heat as climate change threatens its cheese banks that hold Parmigiano wheels as loan collateral

In the hills of Emilia-Romagna, a bank vault holds more than half a million wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano, worth well over 300 million...

Current price of oil as of August 7, 2026 thumbnail
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Current price of oil as of August 7, 2026

At 5:20 a.m. Eastern Time, oil was priced at $86.04 per barrel with Brent serving as the benchmark (we’ll explain different benchmarks later...