Millennials have 'phantom wealth' hidden in their homes and 401Ks — but they don't feel rich

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy
Milennial couple standing next to a model house that is empty inside, on a harsh red background.

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A basic income program helped struggling kids enjoy huge success — and even become Olympians

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy
A photo showing Laura Coman celebrating a bronze medal.
Laura Coman is an Olympic sport shooter and basic income recipient.

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Anthropic CEO says we need to think bigger than a universal basic income if we want to solve the AI inequality problem

Tech Insider
Dario Amodei Anthropic
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei thinks universal basic income isn't going to cut it.

Anthropic

A 43-page IMF report on AI warns of 'profound concerns' about massive labor disruptions and inequality. We asked GPT-4 to summarize it.

Tech Insider
person holding phone with the word 'gpt-4' on it
GPT-4 is the latest multimodal large language model from Open AI, a successor to Chat-GPT.

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The real reason Americans can't get enough sleep

Tech Insider : Economy
Two folks sleeping on money beds with one fast asleep and the other wide awake
The wealthiest parts of America tend to sleep much better than low-income areas.

Tyler Le/BI

Sleep is the great unifier. Everyone needs it to repair cells, store memories, and balance emotions. It also helps us solve complex problems — ever need to just "sleep on it"?

Meet the doomsayers waiting for the economy to crash

Tech Insider : Economy
economic crash

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New York City is entering a gaudy new Gilded Age

Tech Insider : Economy
Lobster on a bed of Diamonds.
New York City dining has embraced a new Gilded Age with luxurious, maximalist restaurants with decadent ingredients as international as the city.

Carl Godfrey for BI

The bars and restaurants that put the glint on New York City never stopped partying.

The implosion of the 'typical American family'

Tech Insider : Economy
Illustration of a family with houses in the back.
The typical American family — a happily married mother and father with two children who live under one roof — has slowly deteriorated over the last 50 years.

Mark Harris for BI

Solving the looming retirement crisis means thinking differently about aging, economist says

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy
Andrew J Scott
Andrew Scott's new book "The Longevity Imperative" calls for a rethink on how we view aging.

John Murray Press

Meet the 'forgotten middle' of Americans over 75 about to face a rocky retirement

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy
retirees looking sad

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