William S Sefton

The law’s role in boosting wages was overblown. Its deficits are scaring investors. And fears that it might accelerate inflation could push the Federal Reserve to choke off growth. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/02/trump-gop-tax-cut-narrative/554504/?utm_source=feed

The law’s role in boosting wages was overblown. Its deficits are scaring investors. And fears that it might accelerate inflation could push the Federal Reserve to choke off growth. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/02/trump-gop-tax-cut-narrative/554504/?utm_source=feed

He isn’t going to like it: It’s more immigration. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/02/trump-growth-immigration/554186/?utm_source=feed

The politicization of the public sphere is compelling nonpartisan companies to take one partisan stand after another. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/02/nra-discounts-corporations/554264/?utm_source=feed

A new book pieces together the strange legal saga that was sparked by a 2006 Gawker post outing the billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/02/hogan-thiel-gawker-trial/554132/?utm_source=feed

Many seniors are stuck with lives of never-ending work—a fate that could befall millions in the coming decades. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/02/pensions-safety-net-california/553970/?utm_source=feed

The predicament of many seniors is a worrying preview of what could befall millions in the coming decades. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/02/pensions-safety-net-california/553970/?utm_source=feed

Tech analysts are prone to predicting utopia or dystopia. They’re worse at imagining the side effects of a firm's success. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/02/airbnb-hotels-disruption/553556/?utm_source=feed

The company’s unusual offer—to give employees up to $5,000 for leaving—may actually be a way to get them to stay longer. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/02/amazon-offer-pay-quit/553202/?utm_source=feed

They might be an efficient way to produce food in a world with more-extreme weather—but only if growers can figure out a successful business model. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/02/vertical-farming-houston/552665/?utm_source=feed

His words evince both an interest in the market and a lack of knowledge about its gyrations. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/02/trump-markets-dow/552683/?utm_source=feed

There’s a broader strategy behind two-hour delivery for heirloom tomatoes. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/02/whole-foods-two-hour-delivery-amazon/552821/?utm_source=feed

The specter of inflation—that ever-feared and never-appeared boogeyman—is haunting Wall Street. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/02/dow-jones-stock-market-inflation/552920/?utm_source=feed

For the first time on record, the number of people working in the industry is declining during an economic expansion. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/02/advertising-jobs-programmatic-tech/552629/?utm_source=feed

The Dow's recent antics are an extreme resumption of one of markets’ typical features. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/02/stock-market-dow-volatility/552452/?utm_source=feed

Sudden stock crashes are notoriously difficult to explain. But rising wages and incipient inflation seem to be scaring investors. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/02/dow-drop-stock-market-february/552380/?utm_source=feed

But that alone isn’t a reason to panic. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/02/dow-drop-stock-market-february/552380/?utm_source=feed

The company sells a somewhat uneasy combination of capitalist ambition and cooperative warmth. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/03/wework-the-perfect-manifestation-of-the-millennial-id/550922/?utm_source=feed

The company sells a somewhat uneasy combination of capitalist ambition and cooperative warmth. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/03/wework-the-perfect-manifestation-of-the-millennial-id/550922/?utm_source=feed

Friday’s drop likely doesn’t spell trouble for the economy, but it was still an abrupt interruption to a remarkably steady growth streak. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/02/market-dow-drop/552254/?utm_source=feed

The first jobs report of the year beat economists’ expectations, and provided the biggest boost in earnings since 2009. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/02/jobs-report/552176/?utm_source=feed

The first jobs report of the year beat economists’ expectations, and suggests that a key indicator of labor-market health may finally be improving. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/02/jobs-report/552176/?utm_source=feed

“Anyone who pays for more than half of their stuff in self checkout is a total moron.” https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/03/stealing-from-self-checkout/550940/?utm_source=feed

Hollywood was one thing. But inoffensive, taxpayer-funded media? https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/02/sexual-harassment-public-media/551780/?utm_source=feed

Does the hot-button issue of 2018 really split the country? Or just the Republican Party? https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/02/why-immigration-divides/552125/?utm_source=feed

The debate over Amazon’s HQ2 obscures the company’s rapid expansion of warehouses in low-income areas. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/02/amazon-warehouses-poor-cities/552020/?utm_source=feed

Televised football has a problem with both form (television) and content (football). https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/02/super-bowl-nfl-ratings-decline/551861/?utm_source=feed