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The topic of a universal basic income is back in the news, thanks to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg who keeps talking about what a great idea it is. Universal basic …

Chinese-owned automaker Volvo announced that it plans to phase out internal combustion-only engines by the 2019 model year. From then on, Volvo intends all of its cars to be hybrids …

China has long been seen as a bogeyman in the United States. Chinese firms have flooded the US market with cheap mass-produced goods for decades. While the quality of those …

There is one group of businesses that governments will never ever allow to fail. If grocery stores can’t meet consumer demands, they go out of business, but nobody cries about …

In 2014, Seattle decided to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour, with a full phase-in scheduled by 2021.Two studies published this month purported to shed light on the …

Alibaba founder Jack Ma stated in a recent interview that 30 years from now people may work a 4-hour work day, and only 4 days per week. While many people …

The victory of Republican Karen Handelin Georgia’s 6th Congressional District demonstrates that grassroots dissatisfaction with Democrats still has not worn off. The same attitudes that swept Donald Trump into the Presidency …

The world surplus of oil has become so bad that more and more old crude oil supertankers are being used as floating storage depots to store unsold oil. Each supertanker …

The continuing pull out of health care companies from the individual insurance market is reducing health care coverage across the country. In some areas, the individual marketplaces may be left …

The assassination attempt against Republican Members of Congress as they practiced for the annual Congressional baseball game shocked many people in its brazenness. It’s the first time Congressmen in the …