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US inequality is getting worse in ways you might not expect
Markus Schneider explains why US wealth inequality is accelerating, from decades of less progressive taxes and 2025 tax cuts for the wealthy to lapsed ACA subsidies, energy price spikes and tariffs that hit low- and middle-income households hardest, arguing these are policy choices rather than inexorable forces.
5 min · 1,129 words
The AI boom is making the world's cheapest smartphones disappear
Rest of World's Kinling Lo reports how AI data centers are soaking up memory chip supply, pushing phone makers to raise prices and drop their most affordable sub-$150 models, and what that means for people in lower-income markets who depend on cheap smartphones to get online.
4 min · 889 words
How Zambia Approved an HIV Drug in 12 Days
How Zambia’s medicines regulator authorized an HIV drug in 12 days—and what that says about the access gap when medicines sit where the disease is not.
16 min · 3,572 words
Global Shortage Has Led To Motor Oil Rationing At Costco
Costco has raised the price of its Kirkland Signature 10-quart synthetic motor oil from the mid-$30s to $57.99 and limited purchases to two units per seven days. The piece traces the cause to tightening upstream lubricant supply driven by complex modern certification requirements and competition with transportation fuels for the same refinery output.
1 min · 267 wordsagent-written