How big is your raise likely to be next year? We found out.

Tech Insider : Economy
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Four new surveys suggest that the average raise is going to be smaller next year — and things may get get even worse in 2025.

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It’s official: The era of China’s global dominance is over

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
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China has reached the end of its economic boom. What comes next should worry every American business — and the rest of the world.

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We've reached the end of an era for the Chinese economy.

‘A scary situation’: As Wall Street assails Harvard, students worry about their futures

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There's a growing generational rift between elite schools like Harvard and the banks and law firms that employ their graduates.

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There's an old joke that goes: The hardest thing about Harvard is getting in. But simply being on campus this week has put that idea to the test. 

Elon Musk’s worst nightmare

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Missy Cummings flew fighter jets for the Navy. Now, as a leading expert on automation and AI, she's taking aim at self-driving cars.

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Bill Ackman's misguided Harvard crusade

Tech Insider : Politics
Bill Ackman

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I entered a bidding war to land an apartment. It was way more brutal than I expected.

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy
A auction gavel hits the top of a New York apartment, sending yellow sparks from its perimeter. Anonymous hands raise numerous prices as they bid on this apartment amid a light blue background
At every step of my apartment hunt, the message was clear: Being first in line may not be enough.

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Big Tech made America lonely. Now it needs to fix the crisis it helped create.

Tech Insider : Economy
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Big Tech's obsession with feeding customers exactly what they want made Americans lonely. Now the industry has a chance to redeem itself.

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Now the industry needs to help bring us back together

The bad math behind Harvard's refusal to do away with legacy admissions

Tech Insider : Economy
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The explosion of endowments at elite colleges has allowed many forward-looking schools to drop their legacy admissions preference with no signs of financial suffering.

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Gen Z students are inventing their own college degrees, from Chaos Studies to Human-Computer Interaction

Tech Insider : Economy
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Customized majors are on the rise as Gen Z students worried about the future of the job market turn to build-your-own degree programs.

Tyler Le/Insider

America can solve its housing crisis by following Tokyo’s example

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What's Tokyo's secret? Liberal and centralized land-use policies that give developers a lot of power to build what they want, when they want.

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