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AI is more likely to cause a labor shortage
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
December 3, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — There are two big worries when it comes to the rapid advances in artificial intelligence. The first is that it will lead to robot ove...
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Want to buy a home? It’s OK to wait till you’re 40
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
November 14, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — If owning a home is still the American dream, then it is increasingly out of reach for many young Americans. The average age of a fir...
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Cash is not king, it’s cringe
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
November 12, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — A friend once complained to me that people would sigh and roll their eyes when she used a credit card to pay for her $3 coffee. This ...
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Can America afford to reopen the government?
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
October 27, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — What is the welfare state America wants, and what is the one it can afford? This is not a question Americans are ready to discuss — s...
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The era of the illiquid millionaire is here
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
October 22, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — Being a millionaire isn’t what it used to be. This isn’t a lament, it’s a fact: As Bloomberg News reported recently, almost one-fifth...
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A zombie economy could be America’s future
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
October 17, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — Over the next decade, the U.S. economy will face two big challenges: higher interest rates and AI-generated disruption. Each invites ...
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How can an economy this good feel this bad?
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
September 5, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — On paper, these are good times for the U.S. economy. The latest GDP numbers show growth was at 3.3% in the second quarter. Business i...
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America’s broken politics is breaking economics, too
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
July 3, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — The political realignment has come for economics. At least since the days of Friedrich Hayek and John Maynard Keynes in the last cent...
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