Gen Z is redefining the 'lipstick effect' with matcha and designer sneakers

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A person holds a whisk while mixing a matcha powder and water in a cermaic bowl.
Gen Z is looking for little luxuries like matcha.

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JPMorgan economists predict the H-1B visa's new $100,000 fee could cut 5,500 work authorizations per month

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President Donald Trump, accompanied by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, speaks after signing an executive order imposing a $100,000 fee on H1B visas in the Oval Office at the White House.
President Donald Trump, accompanied by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, speaks after signing an executive order imposing a $100,000 fee on H1B visas in the Oval Office at the White House.

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3 US-based academics awarded the Nobel prize in economics for their work on wealth inequality

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Nobel Committee announces the winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Science during a press conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 14, 2024
The Nobel committee announces the winners of the 2024 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

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You probably can't make more than $1 million a year on Substack. But Matthew Yglesias does.

Tech Insider : Politics, Politics
Matt Ygelsias, who co-founded Vox.com and left four years ago to start Slow Boring, his own Substack.
Matthew Yglesias co-founded Vox.com, but left four years ago to start his own Substack. It's turned out be a very profitable decision.

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Remote work stifles innovation, a massive new study finds

Tech Insider : Economy, Technology
Two people working in an office successfully waving to someone else by the door

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Before the pandemic, most managers assumed that working from home was a productivity killer. Without the discipline of an office, they thought, employees would lounge around in their pajamas, binge Netflix, and get nothing done.

The better you are at your job, the more you should be worried about AI

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White-collar workers on laptops sitting on bar graphs, with AI robots affecting productivity, pushing one down and lifting the other up

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Russia sold 99% of its oil above the G7's price cap last month

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Most American men see their earnings plateau after 35 — but not the top 2%, says an economist

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Most American men see their earnings plateau after 35 — but not the top 2%, says an economist

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Nobel economist Paul Krugman gets trolled for saying inflation is over if you just exclude most of what people buy

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy
Economist Paul Krugman at the Rafael del Pino Foundation on February 17, 2020 in Madrid, Spain.
Paul Krugman.

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The Fed's own economists are predicting a Goldilocks scenario: No recession, falling inflation, and flat unemployment

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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell holds a news conference following a closed two-day Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington, U.S., September 18, 2019. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome.

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