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Modern Monetary Theory film proves finding the cash isn’t the problem | The National
Timing is everything. A month from the UK Budget day, understanding “fiscal space” and made-up terms like “fiscal black holes”… Source: Modern Monetary Theory film proves finding the cash isn’t the problem | The National Continue reading Modern Monetary Theory film proves finding the cash isn’t the problem | The National
Scientist Claims His AI Can Tell Disturbing Things About You Just by Looking at Your Face
Michal Kosinski, Stanford psychologist, claims that AI programs can detect people’s IQ, sexual orientation, and politics by scanning faces. Of course rights groups are attacking the research and not the fact that the researcher is demonstrating the dangerous things AI can be used for. Source: Scientist Claims His AI Can Tell Disturbing … Continue reading Scientist Claims His AI Can Tell Disturbing Things About You Just by Looking at Your Face
Death Valley just recorded the hottest month ever observed on the planet – The Washington Post
July was also the hottest month on record for dozens of other cities in the western United States, including Sacramento, Las Vegas and Portland, Ore. Source: Death Valley just recorded the hottest month ever observed on the planet – The Washington Post Continue reading Death Valley just recorded the hottest month ever observed on the planet – The Washington Post
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Opioid epidemic crisis law from ’60 minutes’ investigation could be repealed
A bill that once passed through Congress without much objection is now being called into question after an explosive “60 Minutes”–Washington Post investigation. The investigation found that members of Congress, … Continue reading Opioid epidemic crisis law from ’60 minutes’ investigation could be repealed
Stephen Hawking Says We Should Really Be Scared Of Capitalism, Not Robots
“If machines produce everything we need, the outcome will depend on how things are distributed.” Once robots take over it’s how society decides that everything is distributed. It’s something humans need to … Continue reading Stephen Hawking Says We Should Really Be Scared Of Capitalism, Not Robots
Is world-leading NHS healthcare an affordable proposition?
The national debt is not what we currently owe but what we currently own Put simply, the commercial bank circuit serves private needs while the government circuit serves collective needs. The bank … Continue reading Is world-leading NHS healthcare an affordable proposition?
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EPA Says Higher Radiation Levels Pose ‘No Harmful Health Effect’
In the event of a dirty bomb or a nuclear meltdown, emergency responders can safely tolerate radiation levels equivalent to thousands of chest X-rays, the Environmental Protection Agency said in new guidelines … Continue reading EPA Says Higher Radiation Levels Pose ‘No Harmful Health Effect’
There Never Was a Real Tulip Fever
A new movie sets its doomed entrepreneurs amidst 17th-century “tulipmania”—but historians of the phenomenon have their own bubble to burst. All the outlandish stories of economic ruin, of an innocent sailor thrown … Continue reading There Never Was a Real Tulip Fever
Corporations Have Utterly Failed to Protect Speech
Facebook and Twitter are hurting those they should be protecting. Due to public pressure, corporations are now censoring our public discussion, blocking accounts that say something that a powerful group does not … Continue reading Corporations Have Utterly Failed to Protect Speech
School district pulls ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ from reading list; ‘makes people uncomfortable,’ official says
Biloxi administrators pulled the novel from the 8th-grade curriculum after the district received complaints that some of the book’s language “makes people uncomfortable.” Isn’t that the point behind the book? To make … Continue reading School district pulls ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ from reading list; ‘makes people uncomfortable,’ official says
How the world’s greatest financial experiment enriched the rich
Western governments have printed trillions of dollars to boost their economies. While the asset-rich have reaped the benefits of QE, millennials and the poor have lost out. Interesting read. If the governments … Continue reading How the world’s greatest financial experiment enriched the rich
Why You’re Not Getting a Raise
Much of the developed world has experienced stubbornly low real wage growth since the financial crisis of 2007. Here’s why, and what can be done. Good reading. Source: Why You’re Not Getting … Continue reading Why You’re Not Getting a Raise
How We Think About the Deficit Is Mostly Wrong – NYTimes.com
Republicans and Democrats should stop obsessing over using the deficit as a guide to public policy. Government deficits equal private sector surpluses. A whole slew of the world’s problems can be solved … Continue reading How We Think About the Deficit Is Mostly Wrong – NYTimes.com
Adidas will finally start selling shoes made by its robot factory
The robot factory Adidas built in Germany is now fully functional and ready to start making the first Speedfactory shoe that will be sold to the public. Adidas has revealed that it … Continue reading Adidas will finally start selling shoes made by its robot factory
Jared Bernstein & the cost of not understanding sovereign currencies
The Democrats claim to be the Party that “really cares” about the deficit. This is not simply dishonest and financially illiterate, it is also a trap. It’s time for our politicians to … Continue reading Jared Bernstein & the cost of not understanding sovereign currencies
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