Rana Foroohar

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Donald Trump, the Markets and Economic Growth—What to Expect

Donald Trump’s presidential victory has turned the markets upside down. That’s actually not surprising

By Rana Foroohar

A New Look at Greenspan Shows the Economic Perils of Trusting Oracles

'Greenspan's legacy offers lessons for today's economic problems'

By Rana Foroohar

The Financial World's Rotten Culture Is Still a Threat-to All of Us

Sometimes it takes a group of economists to confirm reality. Last year, a team of German academics released a study on the effects of major financial crises on politics, examining 800 elections over 140 years...

By Rana Foroohar

Why the Wells Fargo Scandal Really Matters

This scandal is a canary is a still very dangerous coal mine

By Rana Foroohar

How Stronger Unions Could Fix Our Economy — And Our Politics

Labor reform could mean higher wages and less inequality

By Rana Foroohar

Donald Trump's 'Fiduciary Duty' Excuse on Taxes Is Just Plain Wrong

The Donald and his surrogates say he has a legal responsibility to minimize tax payments for his shareholders. It's not a good excuse

By Rana Foroohar

Wells Fargo’s Scandal Is a Harbinger of Doom

It's time to rethink our financial system

By Rana Foroohar

Janet Yellen Should Stand Up to Donald Trump

She's the best person to run the Fed right now

By Rana Foroohar

New Report Outlines Higher Education's $2.7 Billion 'Debt Bomb'

Colleges and universities are increasingly involved in risky deals with Wall Street

By Rana Foroohar

Donald Trump's Economic Plan Is Magical Thinking

He's selling the same economic magical thinking that any number of Republicans have over the last 40 years—tax cuts without spending cuts

By Rana Foroohar

What Comes After for-Profit Colleges' 'Lehman Moment'? Possibly an Education Crash

Just as the fall of Lehman Brothers in 2008 heralded a much larger economic crash, the September shuttering of the ITT Technical Institute chain of for-profit colleges signals a broad crisis in higher education. ITT,...

By Rana Foroohar

Where the Next Big Market Crisis Is Brewing

A wonky footnote with potentially huge implications

By Rana Foroohar

Wells Fargo Shows Banking's Culture Crisis Is Worsening

Just more "business as usual”

By Rana Foroohar

Apple's $14.5 Billion Tax Spat Signals a World of Uncertainty for Big Corporations

Ever hear of a Double Irish? It's not a drink but one of the controversial tax strategies that help some American companies keep profits abroad at lower rates. Such strategies are at the heart of...

By Rana Foroohar

How For-Profit Colleges Could Spark the Next Financial Crisis

What happened to ITT Tech is a bad sign

By Rana Foroohar

Big Data Comes With the Biases of Its Creators

Are algorithms arbiters of truth, or weapons of “math destruction”?  

By Rana Foroohar

Apple vs. the E.U. Is the Biggest Tax Battle in History

Apple's $14.5 billion tax bill is just the beginning of a very big fight between the world's richest companies and its governments

By Rana Foroohar

This Mathematician Says Big Data Punishes Poor People

Algorithms that we use daily actually thwart equality, says Cathy O'Neil

By Rana Foroohar

Americans Are Working Harder but Producing Less

Most economists believe American blue and white collar workers alike are firing on all cylinders. Why that hasn't translated in a boost in global productivity

By Rana Foroohar

Why Robert Gordon Is the New Thomas Piketty

Academic Robert Gordon's 'The Rise and Fall of American Growth' is the Thomas Piketty-esque economic must read of the year

By Rana Foroohar
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