Adam Davidson

New Yorker

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Adam Davidson is a staff writer for the New Yorker. He is a former international business and economics correspondent for National Public Radio.

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Republicans have released their tax plan. It would  get rid  of the mortgage interest deduction. Could eliminating it lower housing prices and therefore create more homeowners?

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In Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, there's a 33-story building shaped like a sail.

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