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Why Democracy Needs the Rich
At one time, the rich could generally count on the Republican Party not begrudging the…
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Why Democracy Needs the Rich
At one time, the rich could generally count on the Republican Party not begrudging them financial success, even of the outlying variety. That’s no lo…
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Earth Hour Misses Civilization’s True Triumph: Human Innovation
“I hunted for, and stole, a source of fire … and it has shown itself to be mortals’ great resource and their teacher of every skill.” So says Promet…
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Why Gold Continues to Buck Trends and Outperform Stocks
For over two decades, gold’s role as a staple investment has grown more pronounced in the global financial system. Since 2000, the commodity has outp…
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Could a Rule-Bound Fed Constrain Congressional Spending?
America’s fiscal and monetary problems look like two separate crises. They aren’t. Runaway government spending and an unruly Federal Reserve are tw…
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Measuring Poverty Correctly Reveals a Hard Truth About the Welfare State
America has spent more than $20 trillion on fighting poverty since the introduction of President Johnson’s Great Society program in 1964. Sixty year…
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The Real Lesson of the TSA Walkout
The extended partial government shutdown has led to long lines of frustrated passengers at airports nationwide as unpaid Transportation Security Admi…
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Will AI Remake the World of Work?
A good few years before the AI craze, my Oxford lecturer gave a presentation on the shifting nature of work. An economic historian by trade, Judy Ste…
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