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Edward C. Prescott, 81, Dies; Won Nobel for Studying Business Cycles

Edward C. Prescott, whose work explaining the economic shocks of the 1970s catalyzed new ways of thinking about fiscal and…

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Moon Jars, Luminous and Graceful, Are Entrancing Modern Ceramists

THE TRADITIONAL KOREAN moon jar — a large, rounded vessel glazed with an opaline sheen — has been a much-celebrated…

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Peek Inside a $200-a-Night ‘Room’ at the World Cup in Qatar

DOHA, Qatar — After Sheng Xie, a 33-year-old soccer fan from Vancouver, booked his flight to the World Cup, he…

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Elon, the Mosh Pit Called. It Wants ‘Hard Core’ Back.

​Have you ever gotten an email at midnight from the boss with ​an ominous subject line like “a fork in…

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A Different Kind of Kitchen-Table Economics

I’m writing this newsletter the way I do most of my writing, at home on a laptop (mounted on a…

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Why Are Momfluencers So Good at Worming Their Way Into Your Brain?

In some ways, the internet has been incredible for mothers. Spaces online have provided solace and connection and allowed some…

Technology

As Elon Musk Cuts Costs at Twitter, Some Bills Are Going Unpaid

SAN FRANCISCO — Before Elon Musk bought Twitter last month, the company’s executives had racked up hundreds of thousands of…

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China Factory Fire Kills 38

A fire swept through a two-story factory in central China on Monday, killing 38 people in one of the most…

Business

What Elon Musk Is Doing to Twitter Is What He Did at Tesla and SpaceX

Elon Musk was sleeping at the office. He dismissed employees and executives at will. And he lamented his company was…

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Kathy Acker, Drawn to the Margins, Pushed Literature’s Boundaries

EAT YOUR MIND: The Radical Life and Work of Kathy Acker, by Jason McBride Kathy Acker — proto-punk, tough-stemmed flower,…

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