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Nation’s Report Card: Test Scores Sink for 13 Year-Olds

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is sometimes called “the nation’s report card.” It tests a nationally representative group of students at ages 9, 13, and 17.

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MarTech Chiefs React to Chancellor’s AI Drive to Boost UK Economy

Jeremy Hunt, the chancellor, has told ministers to step up work on seizing the opportunities of artificial intelligence in order to save money, boost Britain’s sluggish growth rate and reboot failing public services, according to a report in the Financial Times.

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US Spending on Mental Health

Mental health has been stigmatized, leading to a lack of prioritization and underinvestment in mental healthcare services.

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Reevaluating Stocks: A Critical Look at Excessive Easing and Optimism

The S&P 500 has risen to a new high and is close to its record level.

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Tocqueville on Self-Interest Well Understood

One of the repelling magnets of the subject matter of economics is the assumption that people are self-interested.

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Interview with Daron Acemoglu: Tilting the Benefits of Technology to Workers

David A. Price serves as interlocutor in an interview: “Daron Acemoglu: On Henry Ford, making AI worker-friendly, and how democracy improves economic growth” (Econ Focus, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Second Quarter 2023, pp. 22-26).