Andy Hirschfeld

The me­dia sec­tor’s chal­lenges am­pli­fy shad­ow banks’ toll on the US econ­o­my and mir­ror the 2008 hous­ing cri­sis. 

It wants reg­u­la­tion to pro­tect mod­els so brands, agen­cies don’t use AI to cre­ate dig­i­tal repli­cas with­out con­sent.

Amer­i­cans are be­ing de­clined for loans, mem­ber­ships and even job op­por­tu­ni­ties by AI sys­tems with­out any ap­peal pol­i­cy.

De­spite record job growth, em­ploy­ees are not nec­es­sar­i­ly find­ing sus­tain­able jobs that meet the cost of liv­ing surge.

Crit­ics are con­cerned plat­forms like Kalshi’s plans to of­fer bets on up­com­ing elec­tions could sway the out­come.

De­spite wide­spread lay­offs few CEOs took mean­ing­ful pay cuts and could ac­tu­al­ly get rais­es in the year ahead.

Once known as the bea­con of cor­po­rate Amer­i­ca, REI is now em­broiled in face-offs with em­ploy­ees, putting off con­sumers.

Mort­gage bro­kers, who rely on com­mis­sions, are strug­gling as their in­come has dipped as home buy­ers move to cash.

Ozem­pic has not shown in­creased risk of sui­ci­dal ideation in tri­als, but some users say it harmed their men­tal health.

Stu­dent loan for­give­ness meant bor­row­ers had mon­ey to spend on a new home, start a new busi­ness or even start a fam­i­ly.