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The high-end art market is tanking. And that's ... a good thing?

Yes, according to critic Blake Gopnik. When the market was thriving, he says, "the art was just unbelievably terrible."
The art market is in a correction phase, says critic Blake Gopnik. According to him, price and quality weren't closely related.
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Will AI lead to layoffs? New data from CEOs says no

KPMG's latest U.S. CEO Outlook survey finds that more than 70% of corporate executives feel AI "will not dramatically change their workforce."
"What we feel is that these technologies like generative AI and AI are going to augment the skills of workers and employees," said KPMG's Paul Knopp.
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How do Kamala Harris and Donald Trump's economic policy proposals stack up?

We do the numbers on how much each candidate's plans will add to the national debt and impact voters.
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Where the Trump and Harris campaigns agree on care proposals

We'll do the the numbers on the long-term impacts of safety net programs.
Increasingly, "academic research now puts a greater emphasis on investigating the long-term impact of safety net programs on children," explains Chris Farrell.
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There are major flaws in a program aimed at helping workers with disabilities

Currently, 37 states have a program offering people with cognitive disabilities jobs that pay subminimum wages before moving on to higher-paying jobs. But that doesn't always happen.
"The [14(c)] program was set up to push people into the community setting, but that's just not happening," explained The Washington Post reporter Caitlin Gilbert.
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DHL's CEO on tariffs, economic protectionism and Germany's economy

"Trade barriers drive inflation," explained Tobias Meyer, CEO of the German logistics company DHL Group.
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Kamala Harris outlines economic priorities on the last night of the DNC

Among economic themes, Vice President Kamala Harris highlighted the need to protect Social Security and Medicare, and a tax cut for middle-income households.
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Energy transition progress report: We're 10% of the way there

So what will it take for the other 90%? A lot of sweeping physical transformation.
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What will Biden's economic legacy be?

There were legislative accomplishments, like the Inflation Reduction Act and the CHIPS Act. But there was also elevated inflation.
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Fact-checking the economic claims in Donald Trump’s convention speech

Alan Rappeport, economic policy reporter at The New York Times, examines the former president's assertions about inflation, taxes and energy.
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