Bitcoin’s Identity Crisis: Can It Truly Become a Digital Store of Value?
As we move deeper into 2025, many people are wondering: “Why does it feel like everything’s getting more expensive — even though wages are supposed to be recovering?” The truth is, while the economy is showing pockets of strength, rising costs and shifting monetary...
How Students Can Earn a Degree With Minimal or No Debt
As tuition continues climbing faster than inflation, many students are rethinking the traditional path to a four-year degree. Rising costs are forcing families to look for creative, strategic ways to limit borrowing — and fortunately, there are more options than ever...
What to Do With Your Retirement Plan After Losing a Job
Job loss brings uncertainty, but one financial decision often gets pushed aside: what to do with the retirement money left behind in your former employer’s plan. That account may be one of your largest assets, and handling it wisely can protect your long-term...
Why More Borrowers Could Soon See Smaller Student Loan Payments
With living costs rising faster than many households can adjust, policymakers are searching for ways to lighten financial strain — and student borrowers may soon see relief. A series of updates to repayment rules could broaden who qualifies for lower monthly payments,...
Understanding the Proposed Child Savings Incentive: What Parents Should Know
As we move deeper into 2025, many people are wondering: “Why does it feel like everything’s getting more expensive — even though wages are supposed to be recovering?” The truth is, while the economy is showing pockets of strength, rising costs and shifting monetary...
Why Americans Are Feeling the Pinch — And What You Can Do About It
2025 isn’t a return to “pre-pandemic normal.” Instead, we’re in a transition: a time where rising costs, economic uncertainty, and shifting global conditions demand both vigilance and adaptability.
- Oracle is under pressure from more than $100 billion in debt and massive layoffs as it pushes ahead with Larry Ellison’s 3-step transformation by Amanda Gerut on March 9, 2026 at 11:49 pm
The Larry Ellison-led software giant is remaking its cloud infrastructure to rival Amazon and Microsoft.
- Stocks stage massive upside reversal as oil plunges after Trump says Iran war could be over soonby Eva Roytburg on March 9, 2026 at 11:48 pm
Later on Friday, Trump said also he plans to waive oil-related sanctions and claimed “we’ve already won in many ways, but we haven’t won enough.”
- Trump says war to end ‘very soon,’ floats removing oil sanctionsby Kate Sullivan, Josh Wingrove, Bloomberg on March 9, 2026 at 11:44 pm
“We’ve already won in many ways, but we haven’t won enough,” he said.
- Something will cause inflation to go up this year, but it’s not oilby Steve H. Hanke, John Greenwood on March 9, 2026 at 8:34 pm
It's often said that the inflation of the 1970s and '80s in the U.S. and elsewhere was caused by the two oil crises of 1973-74 and 1979-80. Not so.
- The 2026 World Cup will bring a uniquely American sports tradition to the beautiful game: Mid-match ad breaksby Tristan Bove on March 9, 2026 at 7:45 pm
Stopping for hydration breaks, going from halves to quarters, and showing more ads will make this World Cup more familiar to U.S. audiences.
- AI layoffs are coming. The problem may be compounded because nearly 75% of people don’t apply for unemployment benefitsby Jacqueline Munis on March 9, 2026 at 7:00 pm
Many don’t apply because they don’t believe they will be eligible for benefits.
- Billionaire Peter Diamandis offers $3.5 million to filmmakers who portray AI as the hero—not the villainby Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez on March 9, 2026 at 4:38 pm
Diamandis wants to replace “Terminator” and make optimistic sci-fi cool again with a new generation of films.
- To justify a $1.5 trillion market cap after its IPO, SpaceX would need to earn more than Berkshire Hathaway. Here’s why that’s unlikelyby Shawn Tully on March 8, 2026 at 3:32 pm
The real moonshot? Hitting the financial targets it would take to justify the market cap Elon Musk has been musing about.
- Joseph Stiglitz says buckle up before the great AI ‘reallocation’ era arrivesby Catherina Gioino on March 8, 2026 at 11:03 am
The short-term pain is real, and we are not ready for it. The long-term picture, Stiglitz argues, is something else entirely.
- The hidden economy deciding who gets into your favorite concert, restaurant, and theme parkby Nick Lichtenberg on March 8, 2026 at 9:25 am
Wharton economist Judd Kessler has a name for the system that ate your concert ticket, your restaurant reservation, and your spot on line: "hidden market."





