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Something will cause inflation to go up this year, but it’s not oil

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.

By Steve H. Hanke and John GreenwoodMarch 9, 2026

Asia’s family offices and corporations must step up to replace a cash-strapped UN and fill the SDG funding gap

By Naina Subberwal BatraMarch 8, 2026

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I’ve been advising wealthy family offices on real estate for decades. This market requires another look at your 100-year plan

By Belinda G. SchwartzMarch 7, 2026

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Trump’s former Surgeon General: voters widely support vaccine access and want Washington to focus elsewhere

By Jerome AdamsMarch 7, 2026

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Eric Schmidt: big tech should power its own AI ambitions

By Eric SchmidtMarch 6, 2026

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Investing 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 GerutMarch 9, 2026

Energy Stocks stage massive upside reversal as oil plunges after Trump says Iran war could be over soon

By Eva RoytburgMarch 9, 2026

Energy Trump says war to end ‘very soon,’ floats removing oil sanctions

By Kate Sullivan, Josh Wingrove and BloombergMarch 9, 2026

AI Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz warns AI’s hunger for internet comments could degrade the world’s ‘information ecosystem’

By Catherina GioinoMarch 9, 2026

A woman in a red coat holds up a sign that says, “Shouldn’t hurt to be a nurse.”

Economy Health care has been propping up a shaky labor market. For the first time in over four years, the sector shed thousands of jobs

By Sasha RogelbergMarch 9, 2026

Real Madrid player Jude Bellingham pours water on his face during a break

Arts & Entertainment The 2026 World Cup will bring a uniquely American sports tradition to the beautiful game: Mid-match ad breaks

By Tristan BoveMarch 9, 2026

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AI AI layoffs are coming. The problem may be compounded because nearly 75% of people don’t apply for unemployment benefits

By Jacqueline MunisMarch 9, 2026

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Middle East U.S. intel assessment: Iran regime change was unlikely in either short or long war, sources say

By Michelle L. Price, Mary Clare Jalonick and The Associated PressMarch 9, 2026

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Gen Z

Commentary Gen Z wishes it were the year 2000—they’re emulating the fashion, undoing millennial-era ‘woke’ rules, and uncorking something dark in themselves

By Nick LichtenbergOctober 21, 2025

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Commentary Gen Zers are turning to frozen food to stretch their budgets and they don’t feel good about it

By Guy Yehiav and Darin DetwilerOctober 21, 2025

Walmart

Commentary ChatGPT just became a shopping channel. Walmart is ready, but most retailers aren’t

By Mark SimonOctober 21, 2025

Commentary To lead in AI, start smaller

By Geoff Tuff, Steven Goldbach and Megan BuskeyOctober 21, 2025

Walmart

Commentary Walmart’s deal with ChatGPT should worry every ecommerce small business: Your website is living on borrowed time in the age of AI

By Fayez MohamoodOctober 20, 2025

CEOs

Commentary The AI bubble debate misses the point: We are just at the light-bulb stage now

By Rob ThomasOctober 19, 2025

John Richard Harris

Commentary ‘There will never be another one like him’: AIG’s CEO on lessons learned from John Richard Harris

By Peter ZaffinoOctober 19, 2025

Menopause

Commentary World Menopause Day: support women, strengthen systems

By Pauline M. MakiOctober 18, 2025

Little India

Commentary From Iselin to India: What we learned about tariffs, trade and trust

By Angela Chitkara and Matthew ReesOctober 18, 2025

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Commentary Do you have a blind spot in the boardroom?

By Anahita Thoms and Reagan DemasOctober 18, 2025

Nick Tzitzon

Commentary Put AI to work for people

By Nick TzitzonOctober 18, 2025

Jan Hammer

Commentary Why Europe needs a Delaware

By Jan HammerOctober 18, 2025

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Commentary Private credit: what critics miss and what founders need to know

By David Spreng and Ted GoldthorpeOctober 17, 2025

Matthew Owenby

Commentary Job hugging. Quiet cracking. Rage applying. Are these buzzwords helping — or hurting — the workplace?

By Matthew OwenbyOctober 17, 2025

Commentary AI is gobbling our personal data—but new advances in blockchain can stop that

By Adam WinnickOctober 17, 2025

San Francisco

Commentary Marc Benioff’s shortsighted bet against San Francisco

By Tom ChavezOctober 17, 2025

Tarciana Medeiros is the CEO of Banco do Brasil

Commentary From Belém to the world: a financial approach to climate and inclusion

By Tarciana MedeirosOctober 17, 2025

Raj Sharma

Commentary From pilots to powering sustainable growth: the C-suite blueprint for physical AI

By Raj SharmaOctober 16, 2025

Gen Z

Commentary Gen Z’s digital native status is a double-edged sword. They have cyber blind spots

By Nick KathmannOctober 16, 2025

Willem Groenewald

Commentary Racing toward safety: The U.S. journey to safer roads through innovation and collaboration

By Willem GroenewaldOctober 16, 2025

Heather Conklin

Commentary Billions spent, (almost) zero returns: The leadership gap derailing AI’s big bet

By Heather ConklinOctober 16, 2025

Erik Roth

Commentary Trust is the missing—and essential link—in putting gen AI to work

By Erik RothOctober 16, 2025

Commentary Europe’s defence wake-up call: why innovation can’t wait

By Alex FerraraOctober 16, 2025

Commentary As America pulls back, global families step in

By Sergio Alonso Fernández de Córdova y de VeygaOctober 16, 2025

Middle class

Commentary The next big corporate risk isn’t AI—it’s antitrust

By Katica RoyOctober 15, 2025

Sterling Anderson

Commentary Why the future of AI is sitting in your driveway

By Sterling AndersonOctober 15, 2025

Stacey Zolt Hara

Commentary Amid disruption, C-suite leaders have the power to steady their workforces

By Stacey Zolt HaraOctober 15, 2025

Jan Liphardt

Commentary How do you trust a robot you’ve never met?

By Jan LiphardtOctober 14, 2025

Shane Goodwin

Commentary I advised Tesla’s Special Committee on Elon Musk’s historic incentive compensation package. Most critics are missing the point

By Shane GoodwinOctober 14, 2025

Olivier Wenden.

Commentary The $2.5 trillion ocean economy is at a crossroads. Capital must act now

By Olivier WendenOctober 14, 2025

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Gen Z graduates who majored in ‘AI-proof’ careers like pharmacy, biology, and education are making less than $50,000 after graduation

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By Emma BurleighMarch 6, 2026

Billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg used mortgages to buy multimillion-dollar mansions. Here’s why that’s a savvy financial decision

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By Sydney LakeMarch 9, 2026

This AI founder who quit her 9-to-5 law job has a warning for anyone dreaming of doing the same: 'I'm working harder now than I ever did'

By Emma BurleighMarch 8, 2026

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