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The Economics Of Maybe

Sairam Sundaresan, AI Engineering Leader, Bloomsbury Author & Educator. If you work with AI, you probably have a hard time explaining your needs to finance. Imagine a full-disclosure conversation with your CFO: 'I need budget for an experiment that…

Beehiiv Is Quietly Starting A Creator Economy Revolution

Businesswomen using smartphones check New email notifications and business digital online marketing. Inbox receiving electronic message alert. icon envelope virtual screen, communication technology. The creator economy has spent the last decade…

International Trade, Regulation, and the Global Economy

As tariffs and trade deals make headlines, here's a perfect puzzle: Why, as tariffs fell and supply chains expanded in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, did many economies fail to see the lasting surge in productivity expected by advocates of…

How A New Economic Stack Is Being Built In Space

Alexandra Vidyuk is CEO & General Partner at Beyond Earth Ventures. Beyond Earth Ventures invests in space and deep tech companies. When we think about the commercial internet, we tend to recall the flashy breakthroughs—early browsers…

Lack Of Data Making Fed's Job Harder, But No Doubt Economy Is Slowing

For the week (ended November 14), the major indexes were basically flat (see table), continuing the weakness seen so far in November. The exception was the small cap Russell 2000 as it continued its retreat from its late October peak, with the…

Gig Economy Attracting Workers As Layoffs Rise, Report Says

Hours worked on gig platforms in 2025 have increased, even as payroll growth has slowed, suggesting more workers have taken up gig work during a cooling labor market, according to a report released by Goldman Sachs. Goldman Sachs classified gig…

The Guardian view on crypto's latest crash: it reveals who pays the price for a failing economy | Editorial

The crypto crash has come again. And it is as brutal as ever. In barely six weeks, more than $1.2tn has evaporated from cryptocurrencies' market capitalisation. The sell-off has sent bitcoin back to levels last seen in April. The world's largest…

Paychex's HeaD Of AI On Data Strategy, AI Agents And The SMB Economy

The Paychex headquarters in Rochester, New York © 2024 Bloomberg Finance LP Paychex is one of the country's most influential small business platforms, best known for payroll yet built around a broader stack of HR, benefits, insurance and…

Is America a casino economy?

THERE is a frenetic, sweaty-palm feel to the US economy lately. Markets are looking frothy and consumers are anxious, and meanwhile, the gambling and stock markets are converging as people bet on all sorts of strange assets and events. Half of…

Americans warned as new type of economy spells trouble

To many experts, the U.S. economy is looking increasingly 'K-shaped,' with bifurcation between growth and wealth in the upper echelons as lower-income households continue on a downward path that could spell trouble for the country's overall…

Bloomberg New Economy 2025 Opening Video

US ally braces for economic blow from China

China is weaponizing tourism to punish Japan over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent remarks on Taiwan. With Chinese travelers reportedly canceling trips in large numbers, one economist predicts the resulting losses could shave as much as 0.29…

Sharp disagreements over economy threaten Federal Reserve interest rate cut

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell departs after a news conference after the Federal Open Market Committee meeting Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, at the Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) By CHRISTOPHER…

Backlash over Gaza war hits parts of Israel's economy. Will it last?

Cookies, nuts, and dates were on display at the Israeli stand at the Anuga food and beverage trade fair in Cologne, Germany, in early October, just before a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect in Gaza. Potential European buyers…

Trump calls for federal AI standards, end to state 'patchwork' regulations 'threatening' economic growth

President Donald Trump has demanded an end to excessive state-level regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) and warned that state rules will end up threatening the U.S. economy. In a post shared to Truth Social on Tuesday, Trump also slammed…