…the effect of money on political success, but usually assume that correlation is causation. I think that three major party candidates have seriously hurt themselves while raising money from rich…

…rich economies. The drops in America are small so far. In the wildest markets they are already dramatic. In condo-crazed Canada, homes cost 9% less than they did in February….

…centuries elite food was set apart by its ingredients, like caviar, choice cuts of meat, difficult to procure spices and rich dairy products.  Restaurants in times past would announce their…

…from them”). And for more than 80 years that has worked.  but lately the Left has been calling ..”demanding” “make the rich pay.”  this is suicide.  If the rich pay,…

A long and good NYT take on why poverty continues to exist, stays stagnant or continues to grow in one of the richest nations in the world and the most…

…lectures at American University. Part of the Fortas scandal also involved news of him accepting a stipend for doing legal work for a very rich friend (money he had actually…

…technologies will depend on how we as a society choose to structure the rules around AI. One reason why Bill Gates and others in the tech industry became incredibly rich…

…or incentivizing a shift away from fossil fuels. Their message is simple: Having your own fossil fuel industry means everyone will have access to energy and your country will get rich. Except…

…should be clear to everyone by now, money creates political power. If we allow people to get very rich, they will use their political power to ensure they stay rich….

…the young,” without raising the retirement age without cutting benefits, and without “taxing the rich” which Roosevelt warned us would let the rich destroy Social Security. But, to work this…