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Joyful spending is America’s guilty pleasure
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
September 6, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — Americans like to spend money, and they’re good at it. But they also feel kind of bad about it. According to a survey from Ally Bank,...
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Gen Z is mistaking sports betting for investing
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
August 20, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — If the bad news is that members of Generation Z can’t afford to buy a house until they are middle-aged — which isn’t really bad news,...
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Why GDP is the GOAT of economic statistics
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
August 18, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — It is an odd confession to make about a statistic, I realize, but then again I am an economist, so I am just going to go ahead: I lov...
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Americans need to improve on their financial literacy
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
August 7, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — I recently joined the board of my Manhattan co-op, and I love it. One of my duties is reviewing applications for apartments, which — ...
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Expect more data center moratoriums — and slower growth
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
July 29, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — If you are an AI doomer, as a majority of Americans are, then you might find New York’s one-year moratorium on new data centers reass...
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Are houses still the best place for your money?
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
July 24, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — The median house price in Nantucket, Massachusetts, is nearly $4 million. It was just $500,000 in 1995. This sounds like a stunning i...
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Social Security and the reality of math and aging
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
June 17, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — There are two processes that we cannot escape: aging and math. This applies not only to human beings but also to large government soc...
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Don’t just build smaller houses, get people to like them
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
May 29, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — My Manhattan apartment is about 800 square feet, the same size as my upstairs neighbors’ — except they’re a family of four plus a lar...
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In this job market, women have the upper hand
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
May 20, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — America is fast becoming a country with two economies: a stagnant one for men and a growing one for women. So far this year, the U.S....
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