The Best Business Reads of February
The month’s most interesting stories about money and economics from around the web
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Jim Lo Scalzo / Reuters The Political Problems Facing Trump's Economic Plan
The president outlined a three-part agenda in his Tuesday address that divides Republicans and disadvantages his voter base.
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters ‘Ugh, I’m So Busy’: A Status Symbol for Our Time
Once, long ago, being richer meant working less.
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Andrew Kelly / Reuters When Bankers Started Playing With Other People's Money
In 1970, the small firm of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette held its IPO—and fundamentally reshaped the world of finance.
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Harris & Ewing / Library of Congress / ... The Future of Shopping Is More Discrimination
For you, a very special price indeed.
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Tony Avelar / AP When Robots Take Bad Jobs
Maybe it’s a good thing the trucking industry is ripe for automation.
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Elena Olivo / The Atlantic Buffett and Gates: America Is Already Great, Thanks to Immigrants
Two of the world’s three richest people extol the virtue, and relevance, of optimism in the age of Trump—and predict a comeback for fact-based discourse.
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Ruben Sprich / Reuters Who Should Be Responsible for Pushing Gender Diversity at Work?
Maybe men.
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Peter Ryan Donald Trump's Conflicts of Interests: A Crib Sheet
A semi-comprehensive list of the business concerns that may influence the president during his time in office
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Andrew Harnik / AP What on Earth Is Going On With the Stock Market?
Millions of Americans are worried that Donald Trump is an ominous figure. Investors have another theory: maybe not.
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Mike Segar / Reuters Where U.S. Companies Stand on the Border Adjustment Tax
Exporters and importers are at odds over the proposal.
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Warner Bros. Why Netflix Will Release Martin Scorsese’s Next Film
A $100 million gangster epic starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci has become too risky a proposition for major studios.
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Jonathan Alcorn / Reuters The Economy Is Not Doomed
A conversation with Jeffrey D. Sachs, the renowned professor and author, about the future of prosperity and the end of us-versus-them politics
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Rebecca Cook / Reuters America’s Monopolies Are Holding Back the Economy
Consolidated corporate power is keeping many products’ prices high and quality low. Why aren’t more politicians opposing it?
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Mark Schiefelbein / AP The Story Behind Trump’s Chinese Trademark
Last week, the president resolved a decade-long legal battle—and added another entry to the long list of his conflicts of interest.
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Brendan McDermid / Reuters Why #DeleteUber and Other Boycotts Matter
Even when a relatively small number of people participate
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Aaron Bernstein / Reuters The Fallout From 'A Day Without Immigrants'
Around 100 workers were reportedly fired for participating in last week’s strike. Whether that’s legal remains to be seen.
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Jim Young / Reuters Why So Many Young Doctors Work Such Awful Hours
Neither truck drivers nor bankers would put up with a system like the one that influences medical residents’ schedules.
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Bettmann / Getty The Only Thing, Historically, That's Curbed Inequality: Catastrophe
Plagues, revolutions, massive wars, collapsed states—these are what reliably reduce economic disparities.
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Athit Perawongmetha / Reuters The Post-Human World
A conversation about the end of work, individualism, and the human species with the historian Yuval Harari
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Jeff Chiu / AP Stuck in an American Retail Job With a Foreign MBA
In a new book, a journalist reflects on working as a salesperson in small-town Virginia when he first arrived in America.
