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Argentine President's Cloned Mastiffs Picked Their Own Names After Renowned Economists: Here's How
Monday, April 8, 2024 - 3:36pm | 441Read More...Argentina president Javier Milei shares a unique bond with his “four-legged children,” a quartet of cloned English mastiffs bearing the names of famous economists: Milton Friedman, Murray Rothbard and Robert Lucas Jr. However, Milei asserts it was the dogs who picked their names. The...
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The Top Libertarians in Business Today
Friday, February 22, 2013 - 5:00pm | 1080Read More...Although the Libertarian Party never seems to climb out of the single digits in the polls, libertarians have a surprising influence in the business world and are well represented in a variety of sectors. Believe it or not, there's much more to libertarians besides Ayn Rand and Ron Paul....
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Rise of the Shadow Economy: Second Largest Economy in the World
Saturday, November 5, 2011 - 2:01pm | 1459Read More...The fact that the shadow economy, or the black market or underground economy, is on the rise in the middle of a global financial crisis should be no surprise to economists.A recent post on Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner's Freakonomics blog discussed the growth of the shadow economy across the...
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War on Wealth: Confronting the Widening Income Gap in America
Friday, November 4, 2011 - 10:35pm | 2112Read More...NPR's Morning Edition on Friday featured an interesting segment from Mara Liasson on the widening income gap in America. It appears that the issue of income inequality is coming to the forefront of the contemporary American political discussion. A recent promotional advertisement on CNBC for a...
