Tariffs are the talk of the town. The Trump administration is advocating for tariffs on just about everything and everyone, employing various justifications — they will bring back manufacturing jobs,…
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Proponents of laws banning so-called hate speech often couch their arguments in terms of dignity: that is, they claim that banning hate speech is essential for protecting the dignity of…
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Some variation of the phrase “the wealthy should pay their fair share of taxes” is frequently echoed by activists, pundits, politicians, and even some millionaires and billionaires (known as the…
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Every year, Oxfam publishes its report on world inequality. The statistic is always the same: a very small number of insanely wealthy individuals own most of the world’s wealth. The…
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The Federal Reserve’s monetary policy committee left the target range for its policy rate unchanged at 4.25 to 4.50 percent at its May 7 meeting, maintaining the level set in…
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The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the United States, Mexico, and Canada harkens back to a not-so-distant past when Congress took its constitutional role “to regulate Commerce with…
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The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the United States, Mexico, and Canada harkens back to a not-so-distant past when Congress took its constitutional role “to regulate Commerce with…
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The Federal Reserve’s monetary policy committee left the target range for its policy rate unchanged at 4.25 to 4.50 percent at its May 7 meeting, maintaining the level set in…
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Every year, Oxfam publishes its report on world inequality. The statistic is always the same: a very small number of insanely wealthy individuals own most of the world’s wealth. The…
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My son says “College is bullshit” — and he’s only 10 years old — my physician told me. The boy had already decided he would not go, and his father,…