Allison Schrager

Americans are living in the worst of all tax worlds This column reflects the personal views of the author and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners. Allison Schrager is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist... See more

Maybe Black-Scholes will save us Greetings from our collective utopia Photo by Zoshua Colah on Unsplash Hello, Welcome to Known Unknowns, a newsletter where a single formula can tell you everything you need to know about the world, or what bag to buy. Out... See more

There are a lot of reasons, some deserved and some not, for Americans’ distrust of their institutions. Lately I have been thinking about one of the more counterintuitive ones: Our schools, governments and even employers are trying too hard to make things ... See more

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