Jeffrey A. Singer Last September, I wrote about how New York City residents face the highest combined state and local excise taxes on cigarettes in the country, pushing the average…
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Some of President Donald Trump‘s top Democratic critics who may run for the White House in 2028 used appearances at a high-profile European conference this past weekend to blast the…
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The government entered a partial shutdown at midnight Friday after Congress failed to reach a funding deal — and some lawmakers’ decision to attend an international gathering in Europe this…
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A House GOP lawmaker has become the first member of his party to support a Democrat-led effort to limit presidential pardon power. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., signed on in support…
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is making a push to have the Pride flag considered on the same level as the U.S. flag in the eyes of the federal…
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Mainstream economics and finance theories hold that markets immediately adjust to new information. While market prices do reflect available information, the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) fails to explain the boom-bust…
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement involving the U.S. and Hungary on Monday. During remarks at the signing ceremony, Rubio indicated that the U.S.-Hungary…
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We now live in a fundamentally altered landscape where old certainties no longer confer fitness.
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The partial government shutdown stretched into another week after negotiators failed to reach a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) over the weekend. Congress is on a…
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The boom-and-bust cycle isn’t limited just to so-called advanced economies. It also has become a way of life in the economies of tropical countries and other emerging economies.