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Recession Scorecard: Fact-Checking the Economic Divergence

Most consumer and household indicators show significant stress while the stock market hits record highs, but 'every single indicator' overstates the case.

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From Spice Ships to Slot Machines: How the Stock Market Lost Its Way

The stock market was built to crowdfund dangerous ocean voyages. Four centuries later, half of S&P options expire the same day, buybacks top a trillion dollars a year, and Congress beats the index.

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