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Advice from award-winning journalists

Last Wednesday, we welcomed the winners of the 16th annual Barlett and Steele Awards for the best in investigative business journalism to the Walter Cronkite

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The fiscal theory of the price level

This is the title of a 584-page book by John Cochrane that will be published in a few short months. The subtitle reads: “A comprehensive

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Looking local: Targeted ad spending

Midterm elections generally have smaller advertising budgets than presidential election years, but this year is certainly not normal. With so many contentious elections on the

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Lotteries – Who really wins?

Although lottery games like Mega Millions and Powerball seem like national games, there is actually no official national lottery system in the United States. Instead,

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Sports betting: Partnerships abound

Since the Supreme Court decided in 2018 that states could decide for themselves whether to legalize sports betting, 36 states, plus Washington D.C., have done

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Pandemic pivots that are here to stay

And those we wish would go away. There has been article after article about returning to offices, demands for more flexible work options, employees who

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The 2025 Barlett and Steele Awards are now open for submissions!
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