Past Issues

Cover story:

• Law and order and data

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• When green investments pay off

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• The downfall (and possible salvation) of expertise

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• Would you trust a machine to pick a vaccine?

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• How to change course in a crisis

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• Hospital ratings are deeply flawed. Can they be fixed?
• How powerful is financial inclusion?

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• Researching the crisis in real time

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• How COVID-19 shocked both supply and demand
• A simple framework to help revive the US economy
• COVID-19 has exerted historic influence on equity markets

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• The populism puzzle

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• Could anything unite the United States?

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• Does America have an antitrust problem?

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• Secrets of wait loss
• Why central banks need to change their message
• The Junk-Food Monster

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• When students are matched to schools, who wins?

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• How to speed up the next medical breakthrough
• The Efficient Market Casino

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• A.I. is only human

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• Who’s at fault for student-loan defaults?
• How to fight corruption—and why we should
• Can you afford to trust your tech?

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• The tax that could save the world

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• Why less regulation isn’t necessarily better
• Your politics are showing!

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• Blockchain’s weakest links

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• Measuring uncertainty helps investors navigate risk
• How to get more woman CEOs

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• Are profits passé?

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• Why we're all impact investors now
• Should public companies do more than maximize profits?
• When it makes sense to pollute—and how to change the equation

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• The 300 secrets to high stock returns

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• How to be happy without earning more
• Why hasn’t AI increased productivity?

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• Are you ready for personalized pricing?

Features:

• Why it’s so hard to simplify the tax code
• How poverty changes your mind-set

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• Let's talk about the 0.01%

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• Why we should teach people how to lie
• The rise of corporate saving

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• How to create middle-class jobs

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• Can data help companies and workers find each other?
• Should we stop the ‘revolving door’?
• Good start-ups have great networks

Cover story:

• Have central bankers lost their power?

Features:

• How to profit from magical thinking
• How to listen for the hidden data in earnings calls

Cover story:

• What happened to your goals?

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• Can we save retirement?
• How sales taxes could boost economic growth

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• Advice for the next president

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• Who's most likely to dodge taxes?
• Why fake money is better than real money at feeding the hungry

Cover story:

• Zip-code economics

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• Networking differently could increase your salary
• Informed consumers don't always make better choices
• What can we learn from disasters?

Cover story:

• Who gets into the C-suite?

Features:

• Why your sales force needs smarter incentives
• How to make college affordable