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Three Overlooked Benefits of Self-Driving Cars

Self-driving cars may not be widespread just yet, but it’s only a matter of time before they become a normal…

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How Interest Rates Set Asset Prices: One Weird Trick

What determines the price of a stock, bond, or other income-producing asset?  Interest rates play a larger role than most…

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Physics Meets Finance: Theoretical Consequences of Man-Made Gold

In a remarkable feat of modern physics, scientists at the Large Hadron Collider have managed to recreate one of humanity’s…

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Economics

DEI is a Con: Five Hallmarks of a Hustle

The retreat of DEI may be one of the biggest political and cultural reversals in recent history. Corporate America is…

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John Milton, Eric Weinstein, and the Battle for the Marketplace of Ideas

Investor and podcaster Eric Weinstein recently argued that free speech is overrated. While supporting the idea of the First Amendment,…

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Could Quitting the United Nations Backfire?

Many Americans now view the United Nations unfavorably, with only 52 percent expressing a positive opinion—a five-point decline since 2023.…

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Why California Gas Prices Are the Highest in America

California leads the nation in more ways than one — taxes, regulations, and, once again, gas prices. As of mid-May…

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Social Security is Not a Ponzi Scheme, but in One Way It’s Worse

In a recent interview with Joe Rogan, Elon Musk said, “Social Security is the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time.”…

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Trade Negotiations aren’t Chess, Poker, or Go. They’re Bridge.

Trade negotiations are often mischaracterized as adversarial contests akin to warfare or chess. (The latter is increasingly invoked in varying…

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Regime Uncertainty and Market Uncertainty

The Great Depression formally began in August 1929, two months before Black Tuesday. Initially, the economic downturn that began late…

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