President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act. 1935. Donald Trump and Joe Biden began the campaign season by staying away from social security reform. Kamala Harris has only promised to strengthen it without providing details. Mr. Trump then proposed a truly bad idea and has refused to back down. That idea is the elimination of…
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Artist’s concept of a central bank digital currency. When it comes to designing digital currencies that protect the identity and transactions data of their users, developers have made a lot of progress in a relatively short period of time. It is technically feasible to design a retail central bank digital currency — or, CBDC —…
Signage at the East River Plaza mall in Harlem, NY reflects grocery options competing side-by-side, including warehouse clubs and discounters. 2021. Nearly two years ago, Kroger and Albertsons, America’s two largest traditional brick and mortar supermarket companies, agreed to a $24.6 billion merger. Ever since, the Federal Trade Commission has argued against allowing the merger, claiming that…
Economic misconceptions persist due to misguided intuitions that overlook complex factors, a preference for principles over outcomes, the influence of epistemic bubbles, and political tribalism. Despite frequent refutation flawed ideas endure, requiring constant vigilance from economists. Table of Contents Governments, Not Markets, Impel ESGAllen Mendenhall andDaniel Sutter Investors Make Houses More Affordable, Not LessDavid Youngberg…
Andrés Manuel López Obrador addresses a press conference. EneasMx. July 2024. Here in the US we don’t normally have much interest in the domestic politics of our neighbors Mexico and Canada. Mexico, for example, is part of our presidential election only insofar as immigration is a top issue. But we don’t ask “why are people from…
Revolutionaries burn a carriage in front of the Chateau d’eau in Paris during the French revolution. Lithograph, Nathaniel Currier. 1848. “In one sense, at any rate, it is more valuable to read bad literature than good literature. Good literature may tell us the mind of one man; but bad literature may tell us the mind…
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Close-up of the in vitro fertilization procedure, with needle injecting into egg under microscope. During the most recent debate with Vice President Harris, former President Trump declared that he has “been a leader on IVF… everybody else knows it.” Trump, of course, was referring to his recent campaign promise that the government pay for or…
A young waitress cheerfully takes orders from a group. In Leave Me Alone and I’ll Make You Rich: How the Bourgeois Deal Enriched the World, Deirdre McCloskey and I distinguish the Bourgeois Deal — ”leave me alone, and I’ll make you rich” — from the Blue Blood Deal of aristocratic oligarchy and the Bureaucratic Deal…
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Close-up of the in vitro fertilization procedure, with needle injecting into egg under microscope. During the most recent debate with Vice President Harris, former President Trump declared that he has “been a leader on IVF… everybody else knows it.” Trump, of course, was referring to his recent campaign promise that the government pay for or…
Tumis labu siam adalah salah satu hidangan sederhana yang bisa dinikmati oleh seluruh anggota keluarga. Dengan rasa yang gurih dan tekstur yang renyah, tumis labu siam sering kali menjadi pilihan menu harian yang praktis. Labu siam, atau sering disebut sebagai jipang, adalah sayuran yang kaya akan serat dan nutrisi, sehingga tidak hanya lezat tetapi juga…
