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A construction worker tries to stay cool amid a heat wave while working on new homes in Irvine Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025.
Economy

Alabama builders rethink deportations as raids disappear hundreds of their ‘God-fearing, family-oriented’ immigrant workers

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September 23, 2025
The Fed is starting to worry about the housing market now
Economy

The Fed is starting to worry about the housing market now

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August 23, 2025
Bryan Caplan looks smilingly at the camera
North America

Rural America is in crisis. One of America’s most provocative economists says the fix isn’t manufacturing—it’s something far less obvious

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August 21, 2025
Housing shrinkflation is here to stay. New homes are 11% smaller but 74% more expensive than a decade ago
Real Estate

Housing shrinkflation is here to stay. New homes are 11% smaller but 74% more expensive than a decade ago

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August 19, 2025
Workers build the frame of a new house in Washington State
Real Estate

The price premium on new-construction homes is dissolving. New-home prices dropped in 30% of large U.S. cities last quarter

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August 11, 2025
Artistic drawing of the inside of a factory
AI

How a bulldozer, crane, and excavator rental company is using AI to save 3,000 hours per week

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July 23, 2025
construction on the federal reserve building from above
Finance

Here’s how the Fed’s renovation budget ballooned to $2.5 billion

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July 23, 2025
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell
Politics

Trump admin’s attacks on Powell over $2.5 billion Fed renovation hinge on ‘VIP dining rooms’ and procedural grounds with an obscure gov agency

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July 14, 2025
Caterpillar power generators are shown in a row at a data center facility. The generators can be used for primary or backup power.
Tech

At its centennial, Caterpillar finds its growth is now led by powering data centers

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July 11, 2025
Bosses are right: workers spend 2.5 fewer hours on the clock when they’re working from home
Success

Bosses are right: workers spend 2.5 fewer hours on the clock when they’re working from home

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July 3, 2025
Gen Z is ditching college for ‘more secure’ trade jobs—but building inspectors, electricians and plumbers actually have the worst unemployment
Success

Gen Z is ditching college for ‘more secure’ trade jobs—but building inspectors, electricians and plumbers actually have the worst unemployment

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July 2, 2025
Illustration of workers both in the office and out in the field
AI

AI is helping blue-collar workers do more with less as labor shortages are projected to worsen 

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June 11, 2025
Man with clipboard explains construction project to two young adults.
Success

The fastest growing industries for new grads include construction, utilities and mining—none of which require degrees

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May 9, 2025
Ukrainian American who named his business after Elon Musk has a change of heart
Finance

Ukrainian American who named his business after Elon Musk has a change of heart

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April 28, 2025
Kraaft, the “WhatsApp for construction” that hopes to become a verb—has already won over giants like Bouygues and VINCI
Tech

Kraaft, the “WhatsApp for construction” that hopes to become a verb—has already won over giants like Bouygues and VINCI

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April 28, 2025

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