Money
How we make and spend money, and how economics influences the world around us.
![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?
![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.
![America’s obsession with hot dogs, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/How_We_Buy_Hot_Dogs.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![America’s obsession with hot dogs, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/How_We_Buy_Hot_Dogs.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The strange ways we do (and don’t) consume glizzies.
![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.
The latest in Money
![The death of the summer job is a good thing](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Summer_Job.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
Teen jobs aren’t what they used to be. They’re worse.
![This tiny doll is making everyone so happy](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/shutterstock_1403600030_full.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.640625%2C0%2C66.71875%2C100&w=2400)
Sonny Angels, from TikTok trend to SNL sketch fodder, explained.
![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?
![The little-known but successful model for protecting human and labor rights](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-109507867.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=15.283333333333%2C0%2C69.433333333333%2C100&w=2400)
![The little-known but successful model for protecting human and labor rights](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-109507867.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C1.9923187710034%2C100%2C96.015362457993&w=2400)
How a worker-driven initiative is filling in the gaps left behind by corporate social responsibility programs.
![If it’s 100 degrees out, does your boss have to give you a break? Probably not.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1412316420.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.646622569653%2C0%2C66.706754860694%2C100&w=2400)
![If it’s 100 degrees out, does your boss have to give you a break? Probably not.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1412316420.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.03004807692308%2C100%2C99.939903846154&w=2400)
The US doesn‘t have federal heat protections. A standard would save lives. As a heat dome suffocates much of the East, it‘s becoming more apparent that we need better standards in the face of climate change.
![5 terrible reasons for Biden to stay in the race](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2159030756.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.660944206009%2C0%2C66.678111587983%2C100&w=2400)
![5 terrible reasons for Biden to stay in the race](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2159030756.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.008582217645035%2C100%2C99.98283556471&w=2400)
A rebuttal of the bad — but prominent — arguments for the president’s candidacy.
![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.
![Is Nvidia stock overvalued? It depends on the future of AI.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2094827647.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.311475409836%2C0%2C67.377049180328%2C100&w=2400)
![Is Nvidia stock overvalued? It depends on the future of AI.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2094827647.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.52716950527169%2C100%2C98.945660989457&w=2400)
It has been a wild few days for Nvidia stock. But the hype isn't dying down anytime soon.
![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.
![Julian Assange’s release is still a lose-lose for press freedom](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2159250345.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Julian Assange’s release is still a lose-lose for press freedom](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2159250345.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The Wikileaks founder will plead guilty to violating the Espionage Act for publishing leaks about the Iraq War.
![Why do all the world’s best athletes do Subway commercials?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Subway_WhizyKim_Vox.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.675%2C0%2C66.65%2C100&w=2400)
![Why do all the world’s best athletes do Subway commercials?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Subway_WhizyKim_Vox.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.012500000000003%2C0%2C99.975%2C100&w=2400)
The glitzy campaign, featuring stars like Patrick Mahomes, Simone Biles, and Travis Kelce, is part of an aggressive effort to fix its deep-seated problems.
![The Supreme Court’s new tax decision is great news for billionaires](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2158243807.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.65%2C0%2C66.7%2C100&w=2400)
![The Supreme Court’s new tax decision is great news for billionaires](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2158243807.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.02498750624688%2C100%2C99.950024987506&w=2400)
Most of the justices voted not to blow up the US tax code, but the opinion has bad news for progressive proponents of wealth taxes.
![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.
![The golden age of retail loyalty programs is here](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-1446508515.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=14.285714285714%2C0%2C71.428571428571%2C100&w=2400)
![The golden age of retail loyalty programs is here](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-1446508515.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C3.3333333333333%2C100%2C93.333333333333&w=2400)
Why every store wants to give you something for (almost) nothing.
![This changed everything](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/HudsonChristie_Vox_TurningPoints_static_e50056.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=11.510416666667%2C2.6367599493742%2C63.22109375%2C94.833122392537&w=2400)
![The last 10 years, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/06-BlurbsLede_d4d42b.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=13.961979166667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![How the self-care industry made us so lonely](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/02-SelfCare_238d2a.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=31.006510416667%2C1.5617431522368%2C64.761197916667%2C97.143314739293&w=2400)
The commodification of an activist concept turned a revitalizing practice into an isolating one.
![This article is OpenAI training data](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-2152824027.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=12.5%2C0%2C75%2C100&w=2400)
![This article is OpenAI training data](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-2152824027.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C5.5555555555556%2C100%2C88.888888888889&w=2400)
AI is holding the internet hostage — and media is no exception.
![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?
![The NCAA’s proposal to pay college athletes is fair. That's the problem.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1833410586.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The NCAA’s proposal to pay college athletes is fair. That's the problem.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1833410586.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The end of amateurism finally comes for college sports. Will we miss it?
![Your favorite brand no longer cares about being woke](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-97228193_Final-1.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Your favorite brand no longer cares about being woke](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-97228193_Final-1.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Following the Bud Light backlash and inflation fears, the revolution will not be advertised.
![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?
![People bet on sports. Why not on anything else?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/gettyimages-2152992195.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![People bet on sports. Why not on anything else?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/gettyimages-2152992195.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Who killed the prediction market?
![What the Biden administration is doing about ludicrously expensive concert tickets](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25403647/2032620453.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.672398968186%2C0%2C66.655202063629%2C100&w=2400)
![What the Biden administration is doing about ludicrously expensive concert tickets](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25403647/2032620453.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0085984522785836%2C0%2C99.982803095443%2C100&w=2400)
The government filed a lawsuit to break up Ticketmaster's parent company.
![The real reason it costs so much to go to a concert](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25452904/GettyImages_2152252371.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.45%2C0%2C61.1%2C100&w=2400)
![The real reason it costs so much to go to a concert](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25452904/GettyImages_2152252371.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=4.175%2C0%2C91.65%2C100&w=2400)
We can’t just blame Ticketmaster and scalpers.
![Leaked OpenAI documents reveal aggressive tactics toward former employees](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/gettyimages-1930535859.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.279316593321%2C0%2C65.441366813357%2C100&w=2400)
Has Sam Altman told the truth about OpenAI’s NDA scandal?
![Why are Americans spending so much?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25453317/2068280997.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Why are Americans spending so much?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25453317/2068280997.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
They say the economy is bad, but they’re spending like it’s booming.
![The unionization fight is coming to the South](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25451451/2147938654.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The unionization fight is coming to the South](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25451451/2147938654.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Workers at a Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama are on their last day of voting for a UAW union. Here’s why it matters.
![Why can’t prices just stay the same?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25447362/VDC_XEP_068_inflation_thumb_syn.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
![Why can’t prices just stay the same?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25447362/VDC_XEP_068_inflation_thumb_syn.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400)
If high inflation hurts just about everyone, why can’t we have no inflation?
![Meme stocks like GameStop are soaring like it’s 2021](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25447983/1746649757.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=15.325%2C0%2C69.35%2C100&w=2400)
![Meme stocks like GameStop are soaring like it’s 2021](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25447983/1746649757.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C1.9346310982937%2C100%2C96.130737803413&w=2400)
To quote Elon Musk, “Gamestonk!!”
![How a bunch of Redditors made GameStop’s stock soar](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22259374/1229817489.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.6625%2C0%2C66.675%2C100&w=2400)
![How a bunch of Redditors made GameStop’s stock soar](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22259374/1229817489.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0062492188476426%2C100%2C99.987501562305&w=2400)
Much to the chagrin of the hedge funds attempting to short it.
![What a Zoom cashier 8,000 miles away can tell us about the future of work](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25439231/GettyImages_1226085374.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
![What a Zoom cashier 8,000 miles away can tell us about the future of work](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25439231/GettyImages_1226085374.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400)
Is a new age of digital offshoring coming?
![How lip gloss became the answer to Gen Z’s problems](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25429242/Lipgloss_Vox_01.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![How lip gloss became the answer to Gen Z’s problems](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25429242/Lipgloss_Vox_01.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
In times of economic uncertainty, small luxuries reign supreme.
![How do I stop living paycheck to paycheck?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25431544/Vox_PaigeVickers_OnTheMoney_5_3.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
Plus, lessons worth learning about financial literacy.
![Boeing’s problems were as bad as you thought](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25405382/GettyImages_1910140783.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
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Whistleblowers, lawsuits, government investigations, and suspicious deaths abound.
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Flying has gotten hellish. Consumers might finally get compensated.
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A shocking new study suggests medical debt relief didn’t do much to improve patients’ finances or health.
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The Federal Reserve will give an announcement on interest rates during its May meeting Wednesday.