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- ● No, Slavery Didn’t Create Capitalism
Slavery has been a fact of human existence throughout recorded history. Why did it suddenly create capitalism a couple of centuries ago in a few select places?... Read more »
Published: February 7, 2023 - 11:30 am - ● Colorado on Track to Eliminate Its Income Tax
Democratic governor Jared Polis has laudably bucked his party to prioritize scrapping the tax. Now, he must back up his rhetoric with action.... Read more »Published: February 7, 2023 - 11:30 am - Is a Soft Landing Possible?
It depends on Covid’s impact on workers’ behavior.... Read more »Published: February 6, 2023 - 9:35 pm - Today in Capital Matters: Reagan and the Debt Limit
Grover Norquist writes about Ronald Reagan, and Judge Glock covers the debt-limit fight.... Read more »Published: February 6, 2023 - 5:19 pm - Don’t Lose Sight of What Makes the Reagan Republican Party Special
Any ‘conservative’ alternative that plans to tax or regulate or subsidize will find itself outflanked by those who have done this for centuries — the statists.... Read more »Published: February 6, 2023 - 11:30 am 
- Utah Is Beginning to Free Its Workforce from Overregulation
The rest of the country can learn from the Beehive State’s efforts to loosen occupational-licensing requirements.... Read more »Published: February 6, 2023 - 11:30 am - The Debt-Limit Fight Is Necessary and Normal
Both sides should recognize that the debt limit offers a real but limited opportunity to control deficit spending.... Read more »Published: February 6, 2023 - 11:30 am - Another Blow to ‘The 1619 Project’
The chronology doesn’t match up with the history.... Read more »Published: February 5, 2023 - 2:09 pm - Debt-Ceiling Crusaders Are Ignoring the Entitlement in the Room
They’re demanding, instead, that Speaker McCarthy take us to the brink of default to reduce less than 1 percent of overall spending.... Read more »Published: February 3, 2023 - 11:41 pm - Inequality in decline? Tech jobs fade, waitstaff jobs boom.Tech-firm layoffs, coupled with hiring in lower-wage industries like restaurants, signal a shift back toward pre-pandemic job patterns. But for the first time in 40 years, the wage gap is declining.... Read more »
Published: February 3, 2023 - 9:24 pm
- ● Brett Arends's ROI: OK, snowflake. How to retire rich — even if you just got wiped outYou went to Wall Street. You paid the bill. And now you’ve graduated with. an education.... Read more »
Published: February 7, 2023 - 3:15 pm - ● : Bed Bath & Beyond making ‘last gasp’ to survive before filing for bankruptcy, says analyst, warning that the equity would eventually be wiped outBed Bath & Beyond is attempting to buy itself more time, according to Wedbush analyst Seth Basham... Read more »Published: February 7, 2023 - 3:11 pm
- ● Futures Movers: Oil futures get lift on China demand hopesOil futures rise Tuesday, finding support as hopes for a revival in Chinese crude demand continue to run strong.... Read more »Published: February 7, 2023 - 3:10 pm
- ● Coronavirus Update: New York City scraps COVID vaccine mandate for public-sector workers. ‘This is the right moment for this decision,’ Mayor Adams says.New York City is ending its COVID vaccine mandate for public-sector workers this week, including police officers, firefighters and teachers.... Read more »Published: February 7, 2023 - 3:07 pm
- ● Market Snapshot: U.S. stocks trade lower ahead of comments from Fed chief Powell, awaiting his take on January jobsU.S. stock indices slip Tuesday morning ahead of comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell... Read more »Published: February 7, 2023 - 3:06 pm
- ● : 5 weird Super Bowl prop bets, including the ‘color of Gatorade poured on winning head coach’ and ‘coin toss outcome’People are projected to bet more than $1.1 billion in legal wagering for Super Bowl LVII, which include these widely popular prop bets.... Read more »Published: February 7, 2023 - 3:03 pm
- ● The Margin: How to bet on the Super Bowl legally: Everything you need to know about wagering on the big gameThe Super Bowl is expected to reach a record $1.1 billion in total legal bets. Here's a look at some of the odds, and where it's legal to bet on the game.... Read more »Published: February 7, 2023 - 2:53 pm
- ● Economic Report: Home price growth is slowing the most in Idaho. Here are the cities with the highest risk of drops.Home prices are starting to reflect the insipid housing market. A new monthly report from CoreLogic reveals the top cities at risk of home price declines.... Read more »Published: February 7, 2023 - 2:50 pm
- ● The Margin: This state has the most expensive pizza in the country — almost $27 for a plain cheese pieA study by Slice shows that pizza is getting more expensive nationwide — a sign of these inflationary times.... Read more »Published: February 7, 2023 - 2:45 pm
- ● NatWest taking ‘pretty hard line’ on crypto in fraud clampdown; UK house prices ‘stable in January’ – business liveDame Alison Rose, the head of NatWest, tells MPs her bank is preventing customers from investing in crypto assets, as part of a crackdown on fraud.Danny Blanchflower, a former Bank of England policy maker, has predicted... Read more »
Published: February 7, 2023 - 2:43 pm - ● TaxWatch: Did you receive an ‘inflation check’ last year? IRS is now deciding if your state’s one-time payment is taxable. Read this before filing.Approximately 20 states authorized one-time payments to residents in the face of high inflation.... Read more »Published: February 7, 2023 - 2:43 pm
- ● First five-year fixed mortgage under 4% since mini-budget launched by HSBCBritons will be able to fix monthly home loan costs at level below Bank of England base rateFive-year fixed-rate mortgages priced at below 4% are back on sale for the first time since just after the... Read more »Published: February 7, 2023 - 2:26 pm
- ● Pfizer’s Susan Rienow: from Covid to fighting the ‘silent pandemic’The pharma giant’s UK chief is adding the company’s voice to scientists’ warnings of the dangers of antibacterial resistanceIt’s just over two years since the first Pfizer Covid jabs reached Britons’ arms, with the goal of... Read more »Published: February 7, 2023 - 2:00 pm
- ● Rishi Sunak appoints Greg Hands as Conservative party chair in cabinet mini-reshufflePM also splits Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy into three departments in Whitehall shake-upUK politics live – latest news updatesRishi Sunak has promoted the trade minister, Greg Hands, to replace Nadhim Zahawi as Conservative... Read more »Published: February 7, 2023 - 1:32 pm
- ● Britain, we had a thing with Truss and Johnson but it was toxic and we were right to end it. Just walk away | Marina HydeBoth blame us for the breakdown – never themselves – and want to try again, but that just speaks to their massive self-delusion Liz Truss is now eluded by two major types of growth: economic and... Read more »Published: February 7, 2023 - 11:52 am
- ● UK house prices flat after four-month fall as interest rates biteHalifax figures show average house price largely unchanged in January at £281,684UK house prices were roughly flat in January, having fallen in the previous four months, according to Halifax.Average prices were stable at £281,684 last month,... Read more »Published: February 7, 2023 - 9:18 am
- ● BP scales back climate goals as profits more than double to £23bnEnergy company faces calls for toughened windfall tax as it reaps rewards from high gas pricesUK business live – latest updatesBP has scaled back its climate ambitions as it announced that annual profits more than doubled... Read more »Published: February 7, 2023 - 8:31 am
- ● ‘Financial pariah’: Adani crisis grows with protests in India over fraud claimsOpposition pushes government to investigate allegations by US investor amid fears of effect on broader Indian marketThe crisis engulfing beleaguered Indian conglomerate Adani Group is spilling into politics, with hundreds of members of India’s opposition parties... Read more »Published: February 7, 2023 - 7:32 am
- ● Why did LNER sell me a ticket for a rail strike day and refuse a refund?The train operator says it was running a skeleton service and therefore passengers could travelAt the weekend I bought an advance ticket on the LNER website for a trip on 1 February from King’s Cross to... Read more »Published: February 7, 2023 - 7:00 am
- ● UK shoppers rein in spending despite sales as cost of living crisis takes tollBritish Retail Consortium says sales growth slowed in January amid soaring costs for energy and food British consumers sharply cut their spending in January as the cost of living crisis damaged household finances, retailers have warned,... Read more »Published: February 7, 2023 - 6:00 am
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