Tesla is rolling into first quarter earnings tomorrow, and what Elon Musk says about the future will in many ways be more important than the numbers it discloses for the past.
The big picture: Investors are eager for answers on several pressing questions:
Is demand continuing to fall after the company reported its first quarterly sales decline in about two years earlier this month?
A top economics researcher is making the case that generative AI could be good for workers, as long as there's a course correction in how businesses plan to use the technology.
Why it matters: The economic consequences of AI are a big unknown. But if this outlook is correct, the economy could see the upsides of the rapid economic changes AI might bring while avoiding the pitfalls of uneven labor market outcomes, like those seen during the automation boom of the 1970s.
Extreme heat exacerbated by human-caused climate change kills thousands of workers around the world each year and injures tens of millions of others, according to new estimates from the United Nation's labor organization.
Why it matters: TheInternational Labor Organization (ILO) reported that currently over 70% of the world's workforce is exposed to excessive heat on at least one occasion every year and warned that the figure will rise as global temperatures increase.
Amazon's grown so large that it's causing price inflation online, writes Wall Street Journal reporter Dana Mattioli in "The Everything War," out Tuesday.
Why it matters: The book chronicles the Seattle company's rise from scrappy underdog to a massive conglomerate — and suggests that it has hurt other businesses and consumers.
Why it matters: The holiday, which is about freedom, will be a particularly emotional one for many Jews, because of the ongoing war in Gaza and record antisemitism.
People driving the longest distancesto get an abortion are more likely to come from congressional districts with lower incomes and more diverse populations,according to data analysis by the left-leaning Center for American Progress provided exclusively to Axios.
Why it matters: The steep and disproportionate barriers to reproductive access in the post-Roe era are becoming more measurable.