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The Tricky Thing About Income Mobility

In a society where everybody has a truly equal shot at success, some people have to fail. Are middle-class parents willing to accept the chance that their children will lose everything?

Megan McArdle

The Death (and Life) of Marriage in America

The story we all know is that the institution of marriage is crumbling and quite nearly facing oblivion. The real story is much more complicated.

Derek Thompson

The Myth of Energy Independence

The United States is awash in new oil and gas resources, but that doesn't mean we can drill our way to energy autonomy.

Jordan Weissmann

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Why Companies Fail

GM’s stock price has sunk by a third since its IPO. Why is corporate turnaround so difficult and rare? The answer is often culture—the hardest thing of all to change.

Megan McArdle

The Graduates

Busted banking careers, crashed consultants, and shrunken incomes: the author attends her 10-year business-school reunion for lessons on how M.B.A.s can survive a recession.

Megan McArdle

The Anxiety Economy

James Bennet

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Building a Startup Nation

The keep its economy competitive, the U.S. needs more safety nets for entrepreneurs and more capitalism for corporations.

Derek Thompson

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Does Financial Aid Make College More Expensive?

Jordan Weissmann

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How the Stinking Rich Ate the Economy

Timothy Noah

Hero of American Capitalism: Jim Koch

Lifetime achievement award, combined Beer and Business division

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The Intractable Tragedy of Long-Term Unemployment

Readers share their stories and solutions about the Great Recession's most painful legacy

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Why Do So Many Ivy League Grads Go to Wall Steet?

Elite students with few marketable skills are perfect forms for financial firms to mold.

Edward Tenner Feb 17, 2012

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Say Hello to the GOP's New Favorite Statistic: Workforce Participation

Conservatives are now pointing to America's workforce participation rate to discredit President Obama's job record. They're dumbing down the data, but they still have a point.

Jordan Weissmann Feb 17, 2012

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The Stimulus Absolutely, Positively Worked, No Doubt About It, Probably

On this day, the third anniversary of the stimulus, I can say categorically and without hesitation that I'm pretty sure that the stimulus worked, more or less.

Derek Thompson Feb 17, 2012

Heartland Memo Looking Faker by the Minute

After yesterday's post on why I thought that one of the documents in the Heartland leak was a fake, I discovered that David Appell had been…

Megan McArdle Feb 17, 2012

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What America Can Learn From Detroit

Thanks to a series of smart collaborations, the hollowed-out motor city may be slowly growing back.

Andrew Holland Feb 17, 2012

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This Is What Job Creation Really Looks Like

In Washington, tax-cut conservatives face off against stimulus-now liberals to raise employment. In the real world, party orthodoxy crumbles.

David Rohde Feb 17, 2012

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Celebrate! We Just Hit a Key Jobs Figure

Jobless claims dropped below 350,000 last week, the threshold for a sustainable employment recovery

Jordan Weissmann Feb 16, 2012

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The Silver Lining of Europocalypse: No Oil Crisis

The euro zone's hardship might be the only thing keeping oil prices from soaring

Jordan Weissmann Feb 16, 2012

Leaked Docs From Heartland Institute Cause a Stir—but Is One a Fake?

The climate blogs have been swept by quite a scoop in the past few days. An anonymous leaker identified only as "Heartland Insider" has dumped a…

Megan McArdle Feb 16, 2012

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How to Help the Long-Term Unemployed

Exploring private sector solutions and large-scale public sector hirings

Derek Thompson Feb 16, 2012

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The 10 Most Expensive Cities in the World (and How They Got That Way)

The top four are all in Switzerland and Japan

Derek Thompson Feb 15, 2012

Free, Coerced, and In-Between

John Kay has written a good column reflecting on Wilt Chamberlain, Lloyd Blankfein and the fact that we're happy to allow athletic superstars their…

Clive Crook Feb 15, 2012

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What Is Jeremy Lin Worth?

If Lin's talent turns out to be more than a freak anomaly, he'll make many millions of dollars for reasons that have little to do with MSG stock and everything to do with Baidu

Derek Thompson Feb 15, 2012