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Labor Day 2025: The Great Crash (of the Economists)

Aug 29, 2025

Contrary to what many economic models suggest, salaries aren’t constantly recalibrated based on skills or technology. They follow the economy and politics—and common sense: hire when needed, promote from within, and slow hiring when budgets tighten.

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Economists Warn: Trump’s Intel Move Looks Like Performance, Not Policy

Aug 26, 2025

Two economists who have studied Intel warn that Trump’s move to take a stake in the company amounts to flashy optics, incoherent strategy, and a creeping politicization of economic policy.