Matt Phillips

Matt Phillips is a reporter at Quartz, where he writes about finance, markets, and economics

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Disney's $1 Billion Strategy to Make You Spend More Money at Disney World Is: 'Magic' Bracelets

Disney's $1 Billion Strategy to Make You Spend More Money at Disney World Is: 'Magic' Bracelets

Why Disney is treating its customers like whales More »

The Whole Truth About Student Debt in 17 Charts

The Whole Truth About Student Debt in 17 Charts

College graduates are supposed to be our bright spot, but runaway college costs are preventing them from participating in the economy More »

Why Apple Is the Next Microsoft

Why Apple Is the Next Microsoft

From growth company to cash cow, the tech giant is following a well-trod path More »

Apple's Incredible Shrinking Profit Growth—in 1 Graph

Apple's Incredible Shrinking Profit Growth—in 1 Graph

Yes, the company beat forecasts. Yes, it's still humongous. No, today's report isn't all good news. More »

Welcome to Ireland, Where Mortgage Payments Are Optional and the Banks Are a Mess

Welcome to Ireland, Where Mortgage Payments Are Optional and the Banks Are a Mess

With laws that make foreclosures almost impossible and a financial sector stuffed full of bad loans, the Emerald Isle's problems might only just be getting started More »

128 Oz to Freedom: Bloomberg's Soda Ban Is Blocked

Drink on, NYC. More »

This is America, Now: The Dow Hits a Record High With Household Income at a Decade Low

This is America, Now: The Dow Hits a Record High With Household Income at a Decade Low

Stocks surpassed the nominal record set in 2007, while the last recorded real median US household income was 8% lower than its 2007 peak. More »

$100 Bills Make Up 80% of All U.S. Currency—but Why?

$100 Bills Make Up 80% of All U.S. Currency—but Why?

The share of greenbacks denominated in $100 bills has been consistently on the rise for decades and inflation doesn't explain the half of it More »

The Long Story of U.S. Debt, From 1790 to 2011, in 1 Little Chart

The Long Story of U.S. Debt, From 1790 to 2011, in 1 Little Chart

The road to $16 trillion More »

The Smashing Global Consequences of the iPhone 5

The Smashing Global Consequences of the iPhone 5

From Taiwan to Korea to the U.S., Apple's latest gizmo has lifted worldwide trade More »

The Second Worst Trade of 2012: Wall Street's Terrible Election Bet

The Second Worst Trade of 2012: Wall Street's Terrible Election Bet

The financial sector made a collective bet on Mitt Romney. It didn't pan out. More »

Chinese Labor: Another Graph Showing Why It's No Longer Cheap

Chinese Labor: Another Graph Showing Why It's No Longer Cheap

It costs about as much to hire a Mexican worker as it does to hire a Chinese worker. More »

The iPhone Stimulus Is Here, Everybody!

The iPhone Stimulus Is Here, Everybody!

From runways moving cargo plans to retail floors moving boxes, the iPhone 5 is leaving its mark on the U.S. economy More »

Wal-Mart Is on a Roll—and That's Great News for the Recovery

Wal-Mart Is on a Roll—and That's Great News for the Recovery

The world is getting sicker. But the U.S. is getting stronger. More »

Is There Really a Global Bacon Shortage?

Is There Really a Global Bacon Shortage?

Not really. But there is a Chinese strategic pork reserve. More »

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