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February 23, 2026
Jesse Jackson’s Timeless Economic Platform
He ran for President twice on the concerns that still define American political life—inequality, affordability, and vanishing jobs.
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February 16, 2026
The Jeffrey Epstein Files Are Peter Mandelson’s Final Disgrace
The Labour politician and strategist was a great survivor. Then came revelations that he passed sensitive government information to Epstein during the financial crisis.
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February 9, 2026
Jeffrey Epstein’s Bonfire of the Élites
His correspondence illuminates a rarefied world in which money can seemingly buy—or buy off—virtually anything, and ethical qualms are for the weak-minded.
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February 2, 2026
How Trump Is Debasing the Dollar and Eroding U.S. Economic Dominance
The President’s coercive policies, including his latest threats against Greenland, are prompting some foreign investors to think twice about parking their money with Uncle Sam.
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January 15, 2026
Jay Powell, the Prepster Banker Who Is Standing Up to Trump
The seventy-two-year-old Fed chairman put to shame the heads of law firms, universities, and public companies who have caved to the White House.
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January 12, 2026
The Dangerous Paradox of A.I. Abundance
Silicon Valley envisions artificial intelligence ushering in an era of economic plenty. But what if the benefits are largely confined to corporations and investors that own the technology itself?
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January 4, 2026
The Folly of Trump’s Oil Imperialism
The President has made clear he wants to exploit Venezuela’s vast oil reserves; history suggests that it won’t be easy.
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December 22, 2025
The Biggest Threat to the 2026 Economy Is Still Donald Trump
Many analysts are predicting an election-year upturn, but they aren’t accounting for the President’s ability to cause more chaos.
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December 15, 2025
The Year in Trump Cashing In
In 2025, the President’s family has been making bank in myriad ways, many of them involving crypto and foreign money.
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December 8, 2025
What Happens When an “Infinite-Money Machine” Unravels
After Michael Saylor’s software company Strategy stockpiled hundreds of thousands of bitcoins, he was hailed as an alchemist. Then things went awry.
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December 1, 2025
What Can Economists Agree on These Days?
A new book, “The London Consensus,” offers a framework for rethinking economic policy in a fractured age of inequality, populism, and political crisis.
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