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Investing
No, Overruling Chevron Won’t Turn Judges into Policymakers
Thomas A. Berry On June 28, the Supreme Court’s Loper Bright decision overruled the 40‐year‐old Chevron doctrine. My immediate reaction…
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Economy
“RegreSSHion” vulnerability in OpenSSH gives attackers root on Linux
Enlarge Researchers have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the OpenSSH networking utility that can be exploited to give attackers…
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Social Security’s $4.1 Trillion Hidden Government Deficit
Romina Boccia What if the story we were told about Social Security’s financing was just a myth? As the program faces…
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The OECD Wants Higher Taxes on Everything
Adam N. Michel A recent G20 proposal for a globally coordinated wealth tax on the world’s billionaires highlights an under‐discussed risk…
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Economy
3 million iOS and macOS apps were exposed to potent supply-chain attacks
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) Vulnerabilities that went undetected for a decade left thousands of macOS and iOS apps susceptible to…
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Investing
SCOTUS Confirms That Social Media Platforms Have First Amendment Editorial Rights
Thomas A. Berry Three years ago, Texas passed a law declaring that large social media services are “common carriers” subject to…
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Investing
The State of Student Loan Forgiveness: July 2024
Andrew Gillen Note, this post updates last month’s post. The biggest changes from last month include: Update on the lawsuits…
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Economy
Inside a violent gang’s ruthless crypto-stealing home invasion spree
Enlarge (credit: Malte Mueller / Getty) Cryptocurrency has always made a ripe target for theft—and not just hacking, but the…
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Investing
Are Bump Stock Bans Useful?
Jeffrey Miron Bump stocks are devices that enable semi‐automatic weapons to fire faster—although still slower than—fully automatic weapons. Bump stocks…
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The Government Can’t Target TikTok Because of the Speech it Carries
Thomas A. Berry In April, President Biden signed an unprecedented law that required TikTok to either “divest” from its parent…
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