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Catherine Rampell and Stephen Witt: Can We Avert Economic Disaster and the Robot Apocalypse?

Sep 16, 2026 · 1h 8m

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The Fed raised interest rates to curb inflation, as expected, but mortgage rates are surging and flailing Scott Bessent remains the treasury secretary. Meanwhile, the alarm raised in the AI community is not an op despite the backlash from people like Nvidia's Jensen Huang, who seems to get everything he wants from Donald Trump.