Jason Ma is the weekend editor at Fortune, where he covers markets, the economy, finance and housing. Before joining Fortune, he was an editor at Business Insider, Investor’s Business Daily, and Dow Jones Newswires. He also took time off from journalism to serve in the Marine Corps. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California and UC Berkeley.
EconomyThe record gap between corporate profits and worker pay has an ‘undercurrent of betrayal,’ top economist warns
By Jason MaFebruary 23, 2026
EconomyThe Russian economy is eating its own muscle to survive as Putin’s war on Ukraine destroys future capacity, former central bank advisor says
By Jason MaFebruary 22, 2026
EconomyA two-child household must earn $400,000 a year for childcare to be affordable, study says. ‘It’s easy to see why birth rates are falling’
By Jason MaFebruary 22, 2026
LawHoping for a tariff refund? Trump officials say they are waiting for lower courts to provide instructions. ‘They created the situation’
By Jason MaFebruary 22, 2026
EconomyTrump’s sudden decision to hike his new tariff rate to 15% is ‘something of an eff you’ to the U.K., which thought it had a better deal for 10%
By Jason MaFebruary 21, 2026
PoliticsThe Supreme Court’s landmark tariff decision is the latest defeat ‘piercing President Trump’s seeming invincibility’
By Jason MaFebruary 21, 2026
Real EstateFarmer turns down $15.7 million offer from data center developers: ‘It breaks my heart … the rest of every square inch is going to get built on’
By Jason MaFebruary 21, 2026
PoliticsTrump’s plan B to impose new tariffs is also illegal because a balance-of-payments deficit doesn’t exist, trade experts say
By Jason MaFebruary 21, 2026
LawTrump calls Supreme Court justices who struck down his tariffs a ‘disgrace to our nation’ and vows fresh duties under other laws
By Jason MaFebruary 20, 2026
AIFed staff are more worried about stock prices than tech debt, even as hyperscalers go on a borrowing binge for their AI spending
By Jason MaFebruary 20, 2026
EconomySocial Security’s trust fund is nearing insolvency, and the borrowing binge that may follow will rip through debt markets, economist warns
By Jason MaFebruary 15, 2026
EconomyOne of Stanford’s original AI gurus says productivity liftoff has begun after doubling in 2025 amid transition to ‘harvest phase’ along J-curve
By Jason MaFebruary 15, 2026
PoliticsU.S. literally can’t afford to lose superpower status as debt looms—so we’re stuck in an ‘increasingly loveless’ marriage with Europe, analyst says
By Jason MaFebruary 15, 2026
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