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![Artificial intelligence isn’t a good argument for basic income](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-640351099.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C2.8601292284303%2C100%2C94.279741543139&w=2400)
A major study backed by OpenAI’s Sam Altman shows unconditional cash has benefits that have nothing to do with AI.
![Traveling has never been better if you’re rich — but it’s worse if you’re not](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2150759479.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.639254738195%2C0%2C58.721490523611%2C100&w=2400)
![Traveling has never been better if you’re rich — but it’s worse if you’re not](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2150759479.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=5.958882107292%2C0%2C88.082235785416%2C100&w=2400)
Looking at the growing rift in travel spending.
![The hidden cost of your Prime Day purchases](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161655360_8eff5d.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.6625%2C0%2C66.675%2C100&w=2400)
![The hidden cost of your Prime Day purchases](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161655360_8eff5d.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0062492188476426%2C100%2C99.987501562305&w=2400)
For Amazon workers, the bevy of sales reinforces the human toll of “same-day delivery, lifetime of injury.”
![France’s elections showed a polarized country](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2160460575.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.66091160221%2C0%2C66.67817679558%2C100&w=2400)
![France’s elections showed a polarized country](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2160460575.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0086311065078561%2C100%2C99.982737786984&w=2400)
France held back the far right. No one knows what’s next.
![What the Labour Party’s big win in the UK will actually mean](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2160473917.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.660319878142%2C0%2C66.679360243717%2C100&w=2400)
![What the Labour Party’s big win in the UK will actually mean](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2160473917.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0095183704549768%2C100%2C99.98096325909&w=2400)
The UK is getting a new government. What is it promising to do?
![What Kenya’s deadly protests are really about](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2158662516.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![What Kenya’s deadly protests are really about](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2158662516.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
A proposed tax hike sparked unrest, but Kenya’s real problem is a debt crisis.
![The winners and losers of the Biden economy](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/FactsOnTheGround_Economy.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
Younger workers have done well under Biden. Fast food fanatics have not.
![How much can we actually control inflation?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2157345796.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.381594796435%2C0%2C67.236810407131%2C100&w=2400)
![How much can we actually control inflation?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2157345796.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.42398184641108%2C100%2C99.152036307178&w=2400)
The mystery of inflation may be rooted in psychology.
![What if quitting your terrible job would help the economy?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-1400366871.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![What if quitting your terrible job would help the economy?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-1400366871.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Should people who quit get unemployment benefits?
![Why Americans hate inflation — and its cure](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-83173592.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=18.525896414343%2C0%2C62.948207171315%2C100&w=2400)
![Why Americans hate inflation — and its cure](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-83173592.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=2.7888446215139%2C0%2C94.422310756972%2C100&w=2400)
Other countries have social safety nets. The US has debt.
![Biden is on track to beat inflation and lose the presidency](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2068287870.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Biden is on track to beat inflation and lose the presidency](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2068287870.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The data on prices is getting better, but the public’s disapproval of the president remains unchanged.
![Biden’s overlooked campaign to protect Americans from Big Business](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1498753664.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Biden’s overlooked campaign to protect Americans from Big Business](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1498753664.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Many Americans are focused on inflation, but from Big Tech to junk fees, Biden is advancing a pro-consumer agenda.
![What’s really happening to grocery prices right now](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/gettyimages-2153880341.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![What’s really happening to grocery prices right now](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/gettyimages-2153880341.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Target and Walmart are talking about their price cuts. How big of a deal is it?
![Red Lobster’s mistakes go beyond endless shrimp](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/gettyimages-2152534874.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.668591224018%2C0%2C66.662817551963%2C100&w=2400)
![Red Lobster’s mistakes go beyond endless shrimp](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/gettyimages-2152534874.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.002886836027713%2C0%2C99.994226327945%2C100&w=2400)
Does the restaurant’s bankruptcy signal rough seas ahead for casual dining chains?
![High interest rates probably aren’t going away anytime soon](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25427518/2147859742.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=25.4875%2C24.343585896474%2C50.425%2C75.656414103526&w=2400)
![High interest rates probably aren’t going away anytime soon](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25427518/2147859742.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=14.5%2C25.962740685171%2C72.4%2C72.418104526132&w=2400)
The Federal Reserve will give an announcement on interest rates during its May meeting Wednesday.
![Why we keep seeing egg prices spike](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25426044/GettyImages_1246333393.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Why we keep seeing egg prices spike](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25426044/GettyImages_1246333393.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
How corporate greed plays a role in making bird flu outbreaks — and egg prices — worse.
![Trump’s team keeps promising to increase inflation](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25413012/2147786862.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.663533834586%2C0%2C66.672932330827%2C100&w=2400)
![Trump’s team keeps promising to increase inflation](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25413012/2147786862.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0046988065031499%2C100%2C99.990602386994&w=2400)
Voters trust Trump to lower prices, even as his advisers put forward plans for increasing Americans’ cost of living.
![Tell the truth about Biden’s economy](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25407699/1243076542.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Tell the truth about Biden’s economy](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25407699/1243076542.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Exaggerating the harms of inflation doesn’t help working people.
![Want a 32-hour workweek? Give workers more power.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25362207/Bernie_4.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=15.016666666667%2C0%2C69.966666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Want a 32-hour workweek? Give workers more power.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25362207/Bernie_4.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C2.3582658408766%2C100%2C95.283468318247&w=2400)
German labor history has some tips on how the US could reduce its workweek.
![How AI could explode the economy](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25353921/VoxAIGrowth_CalebLukeLin.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
![Uber-style pricing is coming for everything](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25343225/GettyImages_1462296278.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Uber-style pricing is coming for everything](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25343225/GettyImages_1462296278.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
More and more industries are adopting “dynamic pricing” — and consumers aren’t happy.
![Biden isn’t advertising America’s record oil boom](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25332888/1239805763.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=27.16%2C0%2C66.54%2C100&w=2400)
![Biden isn’t advertising America’s record oil boom](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25332888/1239805763.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.095000000000006%2C0%2C99.81%2C100&w=2400)
Biden is not “waging war” on American energy. He’s boosting it.
![Biden’s vs. Trump’s economy, in 8 charts](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25325810/1229228819.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=12.5%2C0%2C75%2C100&w=2400)
![Biden’s vs. Trump’s economy, in 8 charts](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25325810/1229228819.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C5.5555555555556%2C100%2C88.888888888889&w=2400)
The gaps between perception of the economy and the reality, explained.
![A utopian strand of economic thought is making a surprising comeback](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25274167/JuanjoGasull_Vox.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
It was once normal for economists to imagine a world with less work. What happened?
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![The world’s mental health is in rough shape — and not getting any better, a new report finds](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25323575/GettyImages_1308460514.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C16.666666666667%2C100%2C66.666666666667&w=2400)
Guess where the US ranks?
![What Biden could do to bring grocery prices down](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25319390/2003724721.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=23.896198830409%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![What Biden could do to bring grocery prices down](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25319390/2003724721.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Here are some levers the administration can pull to rein in food inflation.
![China’s new economic growth plan isn’t really a plan at all](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25320280/2060045841.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=15.633333333333%2C0%2C68.733333333333%2C100&w=2400)
![China’s new economic growth plan isn’t really a plan at all](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25320280/2060045841.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C96.993210475267&w=2400)
Xi Jinping is ignoring the country’s biggest economic problems.
![Older Americans are working longer. Some want to; others have to.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25299117/GettyImages_2024885312.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=15.625%2C0%2C68.75%2C100&w=2400)
![Older Americans are working longer. Some want to; others have to.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25299117/GettyImages_2024885312.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C1.5151515151515%2C100%2C96.969696969697&w=2400)
How long will baby boomers keep working? For some, the answer is forever.
![A European grocery chain is boycotting high prices. Could it happen in the US?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25272497/GettyImages_1902307242.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![A European grocery chain is boycotting high prices. Could it happen in the US?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25272497/GettyImages_1902307242.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Inflation is cooling, but food companies keep raising prices.
![We can still make a good economy much better](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25257016/AP440111013.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=11%2C0%2C78%2C100&w=2400)
![We can still make a good economy much better](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25257016/AP440111013.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C7.2649572649573%2C100%2C85.470085470085&w=2400)
The end of the “vibecession” doesn’t mean we should stop questioning the economy.
![A booming economy might not save the Biden campaign](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25246654/1617174259.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![A booming economy might not save the Biden campaign](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25246654/1617174259.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Americans are feeling better about the economy, yet the president’s approval rating is lower than ever.
![Do we really live in an “age of inequality”?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25214358/527438582.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=34.379588839941%2C0%2C65.620411160059%2C100&w=2400)
![Do we really live in an “age of inequality”?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25214358/527438582.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=1.5693832599119%2C0%2C98.430616740088%2C100&w=2400)
Why economists are reconsidering the scale of the rise in US inequality.
![Trump says a lot of stuff about the economy. What would he actually do?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25216773/1863445084.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.233572281959%2C0%2C67.532855436081%2C100&w=2400)
![Trump says a lot of stuff about the economy. What would he actually do?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25216773/1863445084.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.64130915524105%2C100%2C98.717381689518&w=2400)
Trump says he’d be better for the economy. Voters do, too. But would he?
![The Stanley water bottle craze, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25214506/Stanley_lede_Vox.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
The Stanley brand is selling more than a tumbler.
![Are $18 Big Macs the price of falling inequality?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25206562/1331161379.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Are $18 Big Macs the price of falling inequality?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25206562/1331161379.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Even socialists are bristling at the rising cost of fast food.
![It’s okay to be optimistic about the economy next year](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25174833/GettyImages_684115386.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.746796288113%2C0%2C58.506407423774%2C100&w=2400)
![It’s okay to be optimistic about the economy next year](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25174833/GettyImages_684115386.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=6.1201944321697%2C0%2C87.759611135661%2C100&w=2400)
A recession didn’t come in 2023 and it might not in 2024, either.
![We dined out less this year — but it wasn’t just about the price](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25174769/GettyImages_88305841__1_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=12.462462462462%2C0%2C75.075075075075%2C100&w=2400)
The shifting value of going out to eat.
![So it’s come to this: We might have to worry about the deficit](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25163770/GettyImages_1072593736.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.611609249646%2C0%2C66.776781500708%2C100&w=2400)
![So it’s come to this: We might have to worry about the deficit](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25163770/GettyImages_1072593736.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.082449941107186%2C100%2C99.835100117786&w=2400)
America rarely has its financial ducks in a row. Does it finally matter?
![Black and Latino Americans haven’t experienced the same economy as everyone else](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25165892/1723099595.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.701030927835%2C0%2C66.59793814433%2C100&w=2400)
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For these families, the last few years’ economic tumult has been particularly pronounced.
![Pandemic savings helped keep the economy afloat. What happens when they’re gone?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25158264/1734341261.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.66924385341%2C0%2C66.661512293181%2C100&w=2400)
![Pandemic savings helped keep the economy afloat. What happens when they’re gone?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25158264/1734341261.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.003865780114424%2C0%2C99.992268439771%2C100&w=2400)
Savings won’t save the economy for much longer, but higher wages might.