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Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP Steve Mnuchin Is 'Not Worried at All' About Machines Displacing American Workers
Few would agree with him.
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Kai Pfaffenbach / Reuters When Feelings About Money Have Nothing to Do With Actual Finances
Republicans say their money situation is looking up, and Democrats report a downturn. But the only thing that’s changed is the president.
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters The Stock Market’s Biggest Decline Since Trump’s Election
The president has touted the rally as evidence of success. What does this drop mean?
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Charles Krupa / AP Why Black Families Struggle to Build Wealth
It’s harder for African Americans to climb the economic ladder, and to sustain their progress.
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Kris Connor / Getty Melinda Gates: The Tech Industry Needs to Fix Its Gender Problem—Now
“If we don't have women in the tech space, we won't even be asking ourselves some of the right questions.”
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Paul Sancya / AP The Steady Destruction of America’s Cities
Peter Moskowitz’s new book on gentrification outlines how local governments cede their power over residents’ lives to private interests.
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Dado Ruvic / Reuters When Algorithms Don’t Account for Civil Rights
Do lucrative deals with advertisers have to come at the expense of users’ civil rights?
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Steve Helber / AP The Best Business Reads of February
The month’s most interesting stories about money and economics from around the web
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Mike Blake / Reuters Americans Are Putting Off Medical Treatments Because They Can't Pay
A new study looks at how people cope with unplanned health-care expenses.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Trump Begins to Chip Away at Banking Regulations
Justifying his latest executive order, he said that "so many people, friends of mine, with nice businesses” had trouble getting loans.
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Mariana Bazo / Reuters The Best Business Reads of January
The month’s most interesting stories about money and economics from around the web
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters What’s on CEOs’ Minds as the Trump Presidency Begins?
Many are hoping he’ll stick to his promises on cutting taxes and scrapping regulations. But they’re also worried about tweets.
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Mike Segar / Reuters How Money From Slave Trading Helped Start Columbia University
The historian Eric Foner describes how profits from the slave trade helped fund the school formerly named King’s College.
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters Women's March Protestors Fear Trump Will Worsen Economic Inequality
“I think all indications are that people are going to get poorer under the Trump administration.”
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Enrique Marcarian / Reuters Why Poor People Make Expensive Financial Decisions
Often, the banking options available for low-income Americans are all fundamentally flawed.
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Dylan Martinez / Reuters J.P. Morgan Chase's $55 Million Discrimination Settlement
A claim filed on Wednesday alleges that the bank charged black and Hispanic homeowners higher rates for mortgages, amounting to "tens of millions" of dollars of illegal charges.
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters U.S. Ranks 23rd Out of 30 Developed Countries for Inequality
A comprehensive index from the World Economic Forum finds that for such a rich country, America isn't doing all that well at creating prosperity.
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John Gress / Reuters Obama Frames His Economic Legacy
In his farewell address, the outgoing president touted his success and offered warnings for the future.
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David Goldman / AP Can the Flaws in Credit Scoring Be Fixed?
Not easily.
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Mike Stewart / AP Two Major Credit Reporting Agencies Have Been Lying to Consumers
A CFPB investigation concluded that Transunion and Equifax deceived Americans about the reports they provided and the fees they charged.
