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  5 new books (and one very old one) to read in order to understand capitalism

  Vox - Noel King

  Today, Explained looks at how Americans lost faith in capitalism — and whether we can get it back. My interest in capitalism began with an observation. I worked as an economics reporter for six years, from 2013 to 2019, for some of the biggest radio shows in the US. In that time, I never once used …

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  Will the economy finally un-weird itself?

  Vox - Emily Stewart

  The economy’s “hold your breath moment,” explained Let’s get this out of the way: the economy is not in bad shape at the moment. The red hot labor market is cooling off a little, but it remains resilient. It’s the type of thing you’d want to see if the “soft landing” scenario we’re aiming for, where …

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  Everything you need to know about the UAW strike to look cool at parties

  Vox - Emily Stewart

  Why are auto workers striking? What’s their special strategy? And wait, what’s the UAW? First it was the writers. Then it was the actors. Now, it’s the auto workers who are on strike after the United Auto Workers and Detroit’s Big Three — Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis (which owns Chrysler) — …

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  We cut child poverty to historic lows, then let it rebound faster than ever before

  Vox - Oshan Jarow

  The expanded child tax credit was a well-tested solution to child poverty. Bring it back. During the past two years, child poverty in America set new records — one for the better and one for the worse. In 2021, the child poverty rate — as measured by the supplemental poverty measure that incorporates …

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  Trump, on Meet the Press, shows he still has no policy plans

  Vox - Ellen Ioanes

  In Sunday’s interview with Kristen Welker, Trump went with his classic playbook of vague answers and conspiracy theories. Donald Trump appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday, ostensibly to discuss his platform for the 2024 campaign — but ultimately responding to interviewer Kristen Welker’s …

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  What happened to the family doctor?

  Vox - Dylan Scott

  Primary care is the foundation of American medicine — and it’s withering. Soon after Dr. Gerard Weigel moved his family to Somerset, Kentucky, in the mid-1960s, he found himself not only the town’s only primary care doctor but the only doctor of any kind — the cardiologist, endocrinologist, and …