Gen Z is living with their parents to save money. But it's going to cost them, big time.

Tech Insider : Economy
A young woman standing in front of a house
Like millennials, Gen Z is living with their parents well into their 20s. But in the long run, it may not be a good idea.

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China's master plan to crush Elon Musk

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
Elon Musk sitting on a red Tesla, with a business shoe and red pant leg adorned with yellow stars in the foreground
China's EV ascendance has sparked a fight that is forcing American companies to rethink their whole strategy.

Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/Insider

It's just a little wood and glass. So why is getting stuff framed so expensive?

Tech Insider : Economy
A $100 in frames
Getting stuff framed is a confounding and expensive endeavor. Does it really have to be like this?

iStock; Rebecca Zisser/BI

At the start of the year, I decided that I would become America's bravest woman. I would frame some art on my own.

An incredible new map could help bring down America's sky-high home prices

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
Houses rising out of a map

Adrián Astorgano for BI

The way companies handle layoffs is brutal — and bad for business

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy
Someone being laid off with an American flag in the background

Getty; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BI

Get used to it: America's winters will be a lot less snowy from now on

Tech Insider : Sports, Economy
Outside a window, a child tries to muster up enough snow for a snowman but can't quite. Inside, a photo frame with the same child next to a giant snowman in a snowy version of the same landscape.
Last December was the warmest on record for much of the Midwest. It's the beginning of a new normal.

Tara Anand for BI

The death of free shipping

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy
Stack of shipping boxes with a torn
Free shipping and no-cost returns have become a baseline expectation in the modern online shopping experience. That's coming to an end.

Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

I've been tortured by shame since I was 8. Then along came Ozempic.

Tech Insider
Photo of Albert Fox Cahn at home.
The thing about a lifetime of shame is that you have no idea how heavy a burden it is until the moment you set it down.

David Vades Joseph for BI

As layoffs mount, working from home is getting riskier than ever

Tech Insider : Economy
Collage featuring a business man leaving a home office, with a computer screen displaying an alert, and a cat pawing for attention

Getty Images; BI

Experts warned of a housing bubble. They were wrong.

Tech Insider : Economy
Illustration of a couple looking at the rising housing market.
A housing bubble implies an impending pop that brings home prices crashing down — but there's no pop in sight. 

Rob Dobi for BI

Almost as soon as home prices began their unprecedented climb in 2020, doomsayers began warning of a looming crisis. The housing market, they claimed, was a bubble destined to burst.

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