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Opinion

New Hampshire Senate Votes against Having a State Minimum Wage
The latest effort to increase the minimum wage at the state level died recently in the New Hampshire Senate. “New…
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World News

Sweden Saw Lower Mortality Rate Than Most of Europe in 2020, Despite No Lockdown
Few people in 2020 came under more heat than Anders Tegnell, Sweden’s top epidemiologist. But the man who forged Sweden’s…
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In The News

Texas Hits Record Low COVID Cases, 3 Weeks After Lifting All Pandemic Restrictions
On March 2, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced he was lifting all government restrictions aimed at limiting the spread of…
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Opinion

Americans Are Wildly Misinformed about the Risk of Hospitalization from COVID-19, Survey Shows. Here’s Why
A recent survey found that more than one-third of Americans overestimate by as much as a factor of ten the…
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Money & The Economy

What They Don’t Want You to Know: How a Teacher Went from Making $60k a Year to $336k
The American marketer and venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki once observed that the best way to make money is by making…
Read More » Reuters: Cash ‘Disappearing’ in Venezuela Despite Hyperinflation
The lines snake outside the state-owned banks of Caracas virtually every day as Venezuelans wait to withdraw cash. “We are…
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Opinion

Media Are (Finally) Starting to Reconsider Florida’s Pandemic Strategy
In July, Adam Weinstein of The New Republic wrote that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was leading Americans “on a Death…
Read More » Target Announces It’s Abandoning Its Minneapolis Headquarters. Here’s Why It’s No Surprise
Target Corporation, the eighth largest retailer in the United States, announced in an email to employees on Thursday that it…
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Opinion

Rent Control Is Making a Comeback in US Cities – Even as It Proves a Disaster in Europe
Theresa Dolata’s voice broke when she urged Minneapolis city leaders to support amendments that would give council members the authority…
Read More » COVID Aid Bill Would Pay Federal Employees $1400 a Week if Kids Are Out of School
With thousands of schools still closed or partially closed across the country, millions of American families are struggling to find…
Read More »Cuomo’s Controversial COVID Policy Linked to Higher Nursing Home Deaths, Study Finds
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s controversial early pandemic policy forcing nursing homes to accept COVID-19-positive patients continues to draw scrutiny.…
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Opinion

The New York Times Finally Discovers the Unintended Consequences of ‘Hygiene Theater’
The New York Times published an article on Friday under a simple headline: “Covid Absolutism.” The article opens by noting…
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Opinion

Paul Krugman’s Hilarious 2015 Bitcoin Prediction and the Value of Intellectual Humility
In 1998, Paul Krugman predicted that by 2005 it would be clear that “the Internet’s impact on the economy has…
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Money & The Economy

Bloomberg Article Misleads by Omitting Key Detail about Economists Surveyed on $15 Minimum Wage
Bloomberg News recently ran a profile of Arin Dube, a Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. The…
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