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The Question of the Time for each American:
“Have I committed myself to a political agenda that works against my own interest?” How we each respond to the answer to this question should be informed by the answer to this second question: “Is my best interest in opposition to the greater good?” It is impossible to make sense of everything that is going…
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Class Warfare Erupts Openly—Can you see it?
The Trump social media post depicting a former president and his wife as apes has, at long last, inspired even some of his supporters to object that he has gone too far. The post was reportedly removed after 12 hours because of the push-back; some Trump supporters are going so far as to express disgust…
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The Idea of Insurance
Capitalism, as we have known it, would not exist without the idea of insurance. The deployment of capital to achieve some purpose entails risk: In all these cases, the individual’s efforts to fruitfully deploy capital for economic gain must cease following one calamitous blow. Insurance is a mechanism to spread risk across multiple entities (seasons/individuals/corporations)…