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Danielle Kurtzleben

Danielle Kurtzleben

Former Vox Staff

    Latest articles by Danielle Kurtzleben

    Business & Finance
    Damning court filings show Morgan Stanley encouraged risky subprime mortgage lendingDamning court filings show Morgan Stanley encouraged risky subprime mortgage lending
    Business & Finance

    Court filings show Morgan Stanley pushed subprime lender New Century Financial to make riskier and riskier loans, the New York Times reports

    By Danielle Kurtzleben
    Health Care
    You may have been getting a raise for years. It’s just not going to your bank account.You may have been getting a raise for years. It’s just not going to your bank account.
    Health Care

    Employers have been spending more and more on workers...but it’s not going to wages and salaries.

    By Danielle Kurtzleben
    Life
    Why airlines bump passengers, and what you can do about itWhy airlines bump passengers, and what you can do about it
    Life

    If you get knocked off of your flight this weekend, here’s what you need to know about what an airline legally has to do for you.

    By Danielle Kurtzleben
    Life
    7 fun board games that will make you smarter about economics7 fun board games that will make you smarter about economics
    Life

    Monopoly is an obvious pick, but Scrabble is up there as well...along with a few you may have never even heard of

    By Danielle Kurtzleben and Dylan Matthews
    Business & Finance
    The Dow topped 18,000 today. Learn why that matters.The Dow topped 18,000 today. Learn why that matters.
    Business & Finance

    Everything you need to know about the very basics of the US stock market

    By Danielle Kurtzleben
    Pose harder: Is competitive yoga still yoga?
    Life

    “Everybody’s like, ‘How could yoga be competition?’,” says Rajashree Choudhury, founder of USA Yoga. “In India this is a very old concept. It’s just the mindset of people.”

    By Danielle Kurtzleben
    archives
    Economists are terrible at predictions, in one chartEconomists are terrible at predictions, in one chart
    archives

    Even the Survey of Professional Forecasters yields some terrible forecasts

    By Danielle Kurtzleben
    Business & Finance
    The US economy is relying less and less on gasoline, in two chartsThe US economy is relying less and less on gasoline, in two charts
    Business & Finance

    A lot of the activities that increasingly drive the economy don’t require driving

    By Danielle Kurtzleben
    The Simpsons turns 25 this week. Here are the 25 best cartoons it inspired
    Technology

    Our list includes everything from weird Adult Swim shows to major broadcast hits.

    By Emily St. James, Dylan Matthews and 3 more
    archives
    Here’s the big thing we get wrong when we talk about STEMHere’s the big thing we get wrong when we talk about STEM
    archives

    Academics can debate for forever whether or not there’s a STEM shortage, but the problem might be what we call STEM in the first place.

    By Danielle Kurtzleben