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The Reverse Robin Hood

The Reverse Robin Hood

The Pitch: Economic Update for May 22nd, 2025
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May 22
Trickle-Down Tariffs

Trickle-Down Tariffs

The Pitch: Economic Update for May 15th, 2025
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May 15
An Economic Staring Contest

An Economic Staring Contest

The Pitch: Economic Update for May 8th, 2025
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May 8
A Blinking Red Light for the Economy

A Blinking Red Light for the Economy

The Pitch: Economic Update for May 1st, 2025
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May 1
Against Algorithmic Pricing

Against Algorithmic Pricing

The Pitch: Economic Update for April 24th, 2025
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Apr 24
Who Will Blink First on Tariffs?

Who Will Blink First on Tariffs?

The Pitch: Economic Update for April 17th, 2025
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Apr 17
Growing the Economy From the Bottom Up & Middle Out

Growing the Economy From the Bottom Up & Middle Out

The Pitch: Economic Update for April 10th, 2025
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Apr 10
The High Price of Tariffs

The High Price of Tariffs

The Pitch: Economic Update for April 3rd, 2025
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Apr 3
Less Than the Minimum

Less Than the Minimum

The Pitch: Economic Update for Thursday, March 27th, 2025
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Mar 27
The Economics of Tomorrow

The Economics of Tomorrow

The Pitch: Economic Update for March 20th, 2025
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Mar 20
The Calm Before the Storm?

The Calm Before the Storm?

The Pitch: Economic Update for March 13th, 2025
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Mar 13
The New Cost of American Inequality: $80 Trillion

The New Cost of American Inequality: $80 Trillion

The Pitch: Economic Update for Thursday, March 6th, 2025
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Mar 6
Not-So-Great Expectations

Not-So-Great Expectations

The Pitch: Economic Update for February 27th, 2025
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Feb 27
The World’s First Middle-Out Comic Book

The World’s First Middle-Out Comic Book

The Pitch: Economic Update for February 20th, 2025
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Feb 20
Choose Your Own Economic Recovery

Choose Your Own Economic Recovery

The Pitch: Economic Update for February 13th, 2025
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Feb 13
Fighting Credit Card Greedflation

Fighting Credit Card Greedflation

The Pitch: Economic Update for February 6th, 2025
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Feb 6
Fear and Loathing at Davos

Fear and Loathing at Davos

The Pitch: Economic Update for January 30th, 2025
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Jan 30
A Tale of Two Economies

A Tale of Two Economies

The Pitch: Economic Update for January 23rd, 2025
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Jan 23
Short-Term Solutions to Long-Term Problems

Short-Term Solutions to Long-Term Problems

The Pitch: Economic Update for January 16th, 2025
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Jan 16
New Year, New Wage

New Year, New Wage

The Pitch: Economic Update for January 9th, 2025
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Jan 9
2024: The Year in Economics

2024: The Year in Economics

The Pitch: Economic Update for January 2nd, 2025
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Jan 2
The Naughty List

The Naughty List

The Pitch: Economic Update for December 26th, 2024
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Dec 26, 2024
Imagining the Economy of 2025

Imagining the Economy of 2025

The Pitch: Economic Update for December 19th, 2024
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Dec 19, 2024
Biden Broke the Four-Decade Trickle-Down Streak

Biden Broke the Four-Decade Trickle-Down Streak

The Pitch: Economic Update for December 12th, 2024
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Dec 12, 2024
No Place Like Malls for the Holidays

No Place Like Malls for the Holidays

The Pitch: Economic Update for December 5th, 2024
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Dec 5, 2024
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