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No, Native-Born Employment Has Not Soared
A newly viral chart showing native-born employment levels is a multiple-count data felony. Focus instead on the native-born unemployment rate.
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How Cuts to the Insurance Marketplaces Will Harm Entrepreneurs
Small business owners and the self-employed rely on the marketplaces, and coverage is about to become less affordable
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Vani Agarwal
, 
Tom Buchmueller
, 
Helen Levy
, and 
Wes Yin
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Quick hits: Reactions to the Proposal by Senators Cassidy and Kaine to Rescue Social Security
Would the rescue work?
 • 
Gopi Shah Goda
4
Brave New World
What financial regulatory policy wonks need to know about Silicon Valley
 • 
Hilary Allen
2
The Proliferation of Private Digital Money
Don’t say you didn’t see this financial crisis coming.
 • 
Jeffery Zhang
The real issues facing the Social Security program aren’t inefficiency or fraud
Strengthening the program’s future will require balancing tradeoffs of increasing revenue and reducing benefits
 • 
Gopi Shah Goda
 and 
Lily Nevo
2
Quick hits: Interesting links
Student loans, unions, tariffs, and more
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The Heart of the Deal
Why the US-UK trade deal might make both countries poorer
 • 
Thomas Baranga
 and 
Judd Cramer
The Long-term Dangers of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill
Analysis shows that the bill would weaken US economic, fiscal and institutional resilience
 • 
Wes Yin
1
Why do some jobs pay better than others? Think about what workers do
Policy matters, but don't forget the fundamentals
 • 
Kevin Rinz
, 
Chris Bangert-Drowns
, and 
Chiara Chanoi
2
The economic and geopolitical failings of Trump’s tariffs
Trump tariffs will raise U.S. prices by 5.4% and lower real income by 0.8%. They hurt close U.S. allies much more than the Chinese economy.
 • 
Kyle Meng
1
Cutting Medicaid Is A Risky Move for Republicans
Medicaid has grown by 8.46 million or 32% in Red Districts Since 2013
 • 
Michael Geruso
, 
Neale Mahoney
, and 
Daniel Posthumus
1
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