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Biden has created 5,583,000 jobs in his first nine months in the White House, compared to a loss of 2,876,000 jobs in the four years of Trump’s presidency.
Biden has created 5,583,000 jobs in his first nine months in the White House, compared to a loss of 2,876,000 jobs in the four years of Trump’s presidency.
If we are seriously concerned that reduced drug prices will lead to less incentive for venture capitalists to finance innovation, we can look to offset any reduction in incentive with more direct funding.
If we are seriously concerned that reduced drug prices will lead to less incentive for venture capitalists to finance innovation, we can look to offset any reduction in incentive with more direct funding.
If China wants a path through its “demographic crisis,” devoting substantial resources towards greening its economy would be a great path forward.
If China wants a path through its “demographic crisis,” devoting substantial resources towards greening its economy would be a great path forward.
The US workforce relies less on women than most of the wealthy countries that provide paid family leave.
The US workforce relies less on women than most of the wealthy countries that provide paid family leave.
We could have the government not intervene, or intervene less, to avoid allowing drug companies to charge such high prices.
We could have the government not intervene, or intervene less, to avoid allowing drug companies to charge such high prices.
Wealth as a bookkeeping entry should be largely a matter of indifference to the rest of us. When the super-rich pull away large amounts of resources for their fun and games, that is a big problem.
Wealth as a bookkeeping entry should be largely a matter of indifference to the rest of us. When the super-rich pull away large amounts of resources for their fun and games, that is a big problem.
Any serious discussion of the burden of the debt must also talk about the trillions of dollars of patent and copyright rents that the government is committing the country to when it grants these monopolies.
Any serious discussion of the burden of the debt must also talk about the trillions of dollars of patent and copyright rents that the government is committing the country to when it grants these monopolies.
It hardly seems as though businesses are being forced by costs to push up prices. It instead looks like they are taking advantage of presumably temporary shortages to increase their profit margins.
It hardly seems as though businesses are being forced by costs to push up prices. It instead looks like they are taking advantage of presumably temporary shortages to increase their profit margins.
What we are seeing right now is a Federal Reserve Board that is doing the right thing in the face of the hysteria of its critics. The critics want to see it move rapidly to slow the economy so that they can again get good help cheap.
What we are seeing right now is a Federal Reserve Board that is doing the right thing in the face of the hysteria of its critics. The critics want to see it move rapidly to slow the economy so that they can again get good help cheap.

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