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Nick Lichtenberg is Business Editor at Fortune, responsible for reporting and editing a mix of breaking news and digital features. This includes stories developed with the assistance of artificial intelligence, filed under Fortune Intelligence, as well as commentary submissions and book excerpts. Nick was formerly Fortune's executive editor of global news. Prior to Fortune, he was a deputy editor at Business Insider covering the economy, wealth, and real estate, and a breaking news editor at Bloomberg covering corporate news and equities markets.

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Future of Work
The AI Odyssey: How a primal fear from the Ancient Greek world has been awakened by new technology
By Nick LichtenbergAugust 27, 2026
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Success
Welcome to the ‘upper-middle-class trap’: why $300,000 a year doesn’t feel like winning anymore
By Nick LichtenbergAugust 27, 2026
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Economy
Baby boomers are collecting 265% of what they paid into Social Security—and millennials are paying the price
By Nick LichtenbergAugust 26, 2026
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Big Tech
Meta’s $17 billion child-safety settlement is the biggest tech payout ever—or 3x what it paid to acquihire a 28-year-old AI superstar
By Nick LichtenbergAugust 26, 2026
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Economy
The $40 trillion national debt and the bond market’s revolt: top Wall Street strategists explain how we got into this mess
By Nick LichtenbergAugust 26, 2026
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Investing
Scott Bessent, Stanley Druckenmiller and a hedge-fund legend hoist on his own petard
By Nick LichtenbergAugust 25, 2026
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AI
Workers are lying less about AI—but they’ve developed a worse habit
By Nick LichtenbergAugust 25, 2026
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Economy
Here’s how much the $40 trillion national debt is costing you — whether you have student loans, a mortgage or Social Security
By Nick LichtenbergAugust 24, 2026
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Politics
Greg Abbott turned from data center ‘epicenter’ booster to skeptic—and Trump is calling it an economic ‘mistake’
By Nick LichtenbergAugust 24, 2026
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Personal Finance
Meet the 18-year-old junk remover who vibe-coded his own pricing calculator and makes up to $15,000 a month
By Nick LichtenbergAugust 23, 2026
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North America
Food stamp enrollment plunges as Trump’s demand for more paperwork pushes poor people off the rolls
By Geoff Mulvihill, Nick Lichtenberg, Mikella Schuettler and The Associated PressAugust 22, 2026
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Workplace Culture
This CEO was out to dinner when he caught his AI agent wasting $1,000 in tokens. He says ‘insecurity’ is a bigger problem
By Nick LichtenbergAugust 22, 2026
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Economy
Scott Bessent on the national debt: ‘There’s nothing magic about the $40 trillion number’
By Nick LichtenbergAugust 20, 2026
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Health
‘Game-changer’ GLP-1s could fix America’s obesity crisis—but 2 inequalities stand in the way
By Nick LichtenbergAugust 20, 2026
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North America
‘Capital alone no longer clears a site’: Morgan Stanley says data centers’ big money era is over
By Nick LichtenbergAugust 20, 2026
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Billionaire Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says most charities are 'net negative'—and that he has no plans to make his own foundationplaceholder alt text
By Sydney LakeSeptember 10, 2026
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Tennessee linebacker Arion Carter was suspended over a $427 flight—now he's donating that amount to charity for every tackle he makes this seasonplaceholder alt text
By Sydney LakeSeptember 9, 2026
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As the U.S. Treasury shells out $95 billion a month in interest to cover deficits, Trump pitches a $1.3 trillion payout to voters if Republicans win the midtermsplaceholder alt text
By Eleanor PringleSeptember 10, 2026
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