Lab-grown diamonds mean cheaper sparkle and fewer people doing dangerous work. That’s progress.⁣ ⁣ But progress can come with a cost: workers caught in the transition can end up paying the bill. And that cost is real.⁣ ⁣ https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/how-lab-grown-diamonds-broke-the

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What can wildfire smoke, Reese’s Cups, and the latest inflation report teach us about economics? This week on Off the Clock, @svaneksmith.bsky.social and I discuss inflation, public goods, and whether global events can hit your wallet. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/what-reese...

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Watching Michelle and Barack Obama give their eloquent speeches yesterday gave me hope that we may see this grace and intelligence again in our nation’s leadership.

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The government of Qatar decided to give 747 airplane to Donald Trump. The taxpayers are paying to retrofit it and then Donald Trump gets to keep the plane after his Presidency. Why isn’t he paying for this himself?

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Donald Trump keeps trying to limit Americans’ right to vote. He is terrified of his 30% approval rating and the public who will show up to vote against his mismanagement of the war in Iran and the economy in the upcoming midterms.

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