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…
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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…
Thomas Turgoose adalah aktor asal Inggris yang dikenal luas berkat perannya sebagai Shaun Fields dalam film dan serial televisi This Is England. Turgoose, yang lahir pada 11 Februari 1992 di Grimsby, Lincolnshire, Inggris, memulai karier aktingnya di usia muda dan sejak saat itu terus menjadi salah satu talenta muda berbakat dalam industri film Inggris. Meskipun…
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Colleen Hroncich Nicholas Ellis wants to tell a different story about what it means to flourish. “What does it mean to win at life if you stay in your local community?” he asks. “If you get educated within your community and you get married and build a family. And you’re part of that local civic…
Tad DeHaven The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) strike, which halted the movement of exports and imports from East and Gulf Coast ports for three days, has been suspended. The union had been demanding a substantial wage increase and tighter restrictions on port automation. In a tentative agreement, the ILA got the substantial wage increase (62…
Ikan Beracun Lautan menyimpan beragam kehidupan yang indah dan menarik. Di antara keindahan tersebut, terdapat makhluk laut yang mungkin tidak Anda duga—ikan beracun. Banyak orang berpikir bahwa bahaya laut hanya berasal dari predator besar seperti hiu atau ular laut, namun kenyataannya, beberapa ikan yang tampak tidak berbahaya justru memiliki racun mematikan yang tersembunyi dalam tubuh…
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…
Romina Boccia Congress will soon consider the repeal of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO), which would unfairly increase benefits for individuals with earnings that weren’t subject to Social Security taxation and end up costing taxpayers an additional $196 billion over ten years. Reps. Garret Graves (R‑LA) and Abigail Spanberger (D‑VA) have…
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