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Photo: John Royal (Shutterstock)If you have some sort of air conditioning in your home, you are among the lucky ones—at least it feels that way until the energy bill arrives. If epic utility bills are making you sweat, there’s one…

Photo: SERSOLL (Shutterstock)There are probably certain goods or services that you’ve been purchasing on a regular basis for years, if not decades. And over time, you’ve likely become familiar with how much these things cost, and, in…

An Indian migrant daily wage worker sleeps next to an air cooler under a mosquito net on a steel box, used to store items of shop at night, in New Delhi.Photo: Altaf Qadri (AP)After a summer of deadly heat, the future of air conditioning…

GDP growth is up.  Time to celebrate! Then GDP growth is down again. Time to panic?These gyrations aren’t uncommon, and we have just been through one. A few weeks ago, President BidenJoe BidenPoll: Voters split on whether they believe…