A small, independent website designer in Colorado is getting national attention. Why? The US Supreme Court heard a case on Monday about whether the government can force her to say…
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The Institute for Supply Management’s composite services index increased to 56.5 percent in November, rising 2.1 points from 54.4 percent in the prior month. The index remains above the neutral…
When the Adderall-addled Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) lost control of his crypto-trading platform after defrauding users, many had their priors confirmed. Crypto bad! they cried. This, of course, is rather like…
Sales of light vehicles totaled 14.1 million at an annual rate in November, down from a 15.1 million pace in October. The November result was a 6.5 percent decrease from…
Last month, something old became new again. What’s new is that the world population crossed the eight-billion mark for the first time. What’s old is that, for more than two…
First published by The Hill Recent weeks have witnessed another disaster for the cryptocurrency industry. FTX, one of the largest crypto exchanges, failed. The price of bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency, fell by more than…
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Real Progressives Would Support Bitcoin and the Crypto Economy, Not Regulate It Away
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When political progressives address topics like inflation, taxes, or corporate wrongdoing, they claim to speak for the people. Whether it’s the working class or minorities, progressives aim to shape government…
“Milton Friedman’s shareholder doctrine is dead.” Such was the headline of a 2020 Fortune magazine article critiquing Friedman’s famous New York Times opinion piece which, fifty years earlier, had argued that the social responsibility of business is…
On Nov. 17, US District Judge Mark Walker struck down Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ signature Stop WOKE Act, which bars Florida’s higher education institutions from teaching critical race theory (CRT),…
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American Health Care Consumers Should Have Access to Drugs and Devices Benefitting People in Developed Countries
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Reprinted from the Cato Institute Swiss Medtech, a trade association representing the medical technology industry, issued a press release on November 28 praising the Swiss Parliament for enacting legislation allowing Swiss health care…