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The so-called “legal architect” and co-defendant in Donald Trump’s coup plot says he hasn’t been able to to raise the kind of funds from MAGA land that would protect him from dipping into personal savings to pay his legal bills. Newsweek reports that...
by Walter Einenkel
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I keep on seeing a commercial for Indonesia on BBC News channel. The way they are selling themselves, in some ways, tickles me: Amid the world slowdown, we stand firm. As home to a fifth of global nickel reserves, Indonesia is poised to lead the global...
by gmoke
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Surprised it hasn’t been written about yet here, but inflation is one of the core issues that will determine next year’s election, and today there is more GOOD NEWS. www.cnn.com/... The Consumer Price Index rose 3.2% for the 12 months that ended in...
by dge
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A new article by Heidi Blake in the NewYorker is worth your time because is helps explain the massive capitalist scam (aka “perverse incentives”) that is is Cap & Trade and/or carbon emissions trading and how markets can be designed for (marginal)...
by annieli
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The social cost of carbon, is a number used by governments to determine what regulations produce more benefits than costs and which don’t. According to economic dogma it is the proper carbon tax rate. It is the “most important number you have never...
by Groundnut
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Americans worry a lot, often about the wrong things. According to Pew Research, the top 10 worries among Republicans are: Inflation 77% Budget deficit 72% Illegal immigration 70% The state of moral values 69% Violent crime/ drug addiction (tie) 64%...
by CorpFlunky
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We have seen Milton Friedman’s delusional notions of negative freedom for the privileged. Now we can contrast Amartya Sen ’s notions of positive freedom for all the rest of the world. Friedman ...
by Mokurai
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So I attended a budget meeting for a credit union�recently.� Some of the side comments left me�troubled.�
Comment 1.� “Our inflation numbers are so high because immigrants increased the US ...
by lily2day
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Because women still don’t earn as much as men. Her contribution to studying women's work and labor market outcomes is evidenced in its impact on the fields of economics and economic history. including women's role in economic development. Claudia Dale...
by annieli
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Gazans, who have been subjected to decades of systemic oppression under Apartheid Israeli occupation, have been in favor of tempering positions against their occupiers while remaining defiant towards occupation and insistent on reclaiming territory...
by greenandblue
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