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To Tackle Student Debt, Fix Ineffective Colleges
Before the federal government forgives student loan debt, it would be good to understand what makes the debt so onerous. The problem isn’t ...
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What Makes a Good Job Good?
The United States is producing a lot of jobs, but how many are “good” jobs? That’s hard to know because of a lack of data and because there’s no ...
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Sea Ice Around Antarctica Reaches a Record Low
Sea ice around Antarctica has reached a record low in four decades of observations, a new analysis of satellite images shows. As of Tuesday, ice ...
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Inflationary Wave Changes Political Terrain for Right-Wing Populists
To all those who would pose a challenge to Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil’s coming presidential election, including the press, the Supreme Court and ...
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Markets and oil tumble as a new coronavirus variant brings back travel restrictions.
Stocks around the world tumbled on Friday, with the S&P 500 logging its worst day since February, and oil prices plunged, after evidence of a new ...
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Moderna, Racing for Profits, Keeps Covid Vaccine Out of Reach of Poor
Moderna, whose coronavirus vaccine appears to be the world’s best defense against Covid-19, has been supplying its shots almost exclusively to ...
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Nobody Really Knows How the Economy Works. A Fed Paper Is the Latest Sign.
It has long been a central tenet of mainstream economic theory that public fears of inflation tend to be self-fulfilling. Now though, a cheeky ...
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Arctic Sea Ice Hits Annual Low, but It’s Not as Low as Recent Years
Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean has reached its minimum extent following the summer melt season, and coverage is not as low as it has been in recent ...
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