Some years ago, the singer and activist Bono shocked many of his supporters when he told them, “Aid is just a stopgap…Commerce [and] entrepreneurial capitalism take more people out of…
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President’s Trump Liberation Day announcement of higher tariffs was supposed to trigger massive reshoring and restructuring of the US economy towards its manufacturing industries. Instead, it provoked a sharp drop…
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Some years ago, the singer and activist Bono shocked many of his supporters when he told them, “Aid is just a stopgap…Commerce [and] entrepreneurial capitalism take more people out of…
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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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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…