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In late 2021, as the housing market overheated and the Federal Reserve’s benchmark interest rate hovered near zero, Tony Yang found an unconventional way to fund his down payment. He logged into his ...

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If you’ve ever shuffled a deck of playing cards, you’ve most likely created a unique deck. That is, you’re probably the only person who has ever arranged the cards in precisely that order. Although ...

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RSM Visiting Scholar Noah Giansiracusa's new book explores how non-mathematicians can wield algorithmic tools to reclaim their agency. Robin Hood Math, available August 5 from Penguin Random House, ...

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