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Thanos Trump Threatens China ahead of Trade Talks
Chinese internet users call Trump 'Thanos' — one tweeted tariff threat and half their stock market snapped.
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Interview: Dr. Robert Murphy Talks Anarchy and Socialism
Economist Bob Murphy on why the young misdiagnose corporatism as capitalism — and what anarchy actually means.
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Metals Tariffs Could Cost Petroleum Industry $7 Billion by 2023
The long-term growth of US oil processing is dependent on the price of metal and the damage that tariffs could have on US oil production is irreversible.
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The City of Chicago Will Now Tax 'Amusement'
The City of Chicago has decided that a new tax shall be levied on anything related to amusement, including subscriptions, football games, and video games.
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Canada, U.S. Reach NAFTA Deal, Now USMCA
A major eleventh hour Canadian effort involving Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada’s foreign minister and ambassador to the United States has resulted in a deal between Canada and the U.S. for a new trilateral North…
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New Studies Find Few Costs, Many Benefits to Carbon Tax
Despite recent criticism of a federal carbon tax, a collection of new nonpartisan studies seem to definitively prove its benefits.
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U.S., Mexico Reach Overhaul Deal, Canada Pressured to Agree
The United States and Mexico have reached a trade deal with plans to include Canada by Friday.
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Trump's Protectionism Hurts his Rust Belt Base
Trump's protectionist policies will limit competition and therefore hurt the industries of the Rust Belt, whose population makes up his base of support.
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Trade War: U.S. Takes On China, the World
The U.S. enters what is viewed as a global trade war.
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Trade War With U.S. ‘Days Away’, G7 Ministers Meet
Six G7 ministers send Trump 'regret and disappointment' as steel tariffs put a trade war days away.
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A Look at Finland's Universal Basic Income
Though the trial in Finland was not successful, the Universal Basic Income is not the failure that many make it out to be.
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Ron Paul: Tariff Or Not, A Calamity Is Imminent
Ron Paul says the tariff is a tax on Americans — and the smaller problem in a rigged, debt-soaked economy.
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Trump's Withdrawal from the TPP Hurts our Economy
Trump's old decision to remove the US from the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) is clearly bad for our economy, but it may not be too late for the US to avoid this economic downturn.
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Everybody Loses: The Effect of the $15 Minimum Wage
On January 1st, 2018, the minimum wage in the province of Ontario, Canada, increased from $11.60 CAD to $14.00.
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Trump Was a Big Help for the Economy in 2017
Donald Trump has provided an array of benefits for the economy over the last year.
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The Gender Pay Gap is Perpetuated by Young Women Who Choose Low-Paying Jobs
A UCL study has discovered that the gender pay gap is widely due to individual choices.
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Senate GOP Tax Plan: What We Know
Not long ago, the Senate GOP released its 400+ page Tax Bill to the public…
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Employment at Record High with High Demand for Jobs and Recruiters
Job openings hit a record and recruiters triple their revenue — workers finally have the leverage.
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India’s New Problem is Also America’s
Pictured: Pranab Mukherjee, President of India Excessive industrialization has left jobs and workers in the dust in large countries worldwide.