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Economy
Amazon pours another $4B into Anthropic, OpenAI’s biggest rival
On Friday, Anthropic announced that Amazon has increased its investment in the AI startup by $4 billion, bringing its total…
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Taiwan Arms Backlog, October 2024 Update: New Air Defense Sales and Javelin Delivery
Eric Gomez and Benjamin Faber In October 2024, Congress received notification of two new arms sales for Taiwan, and the…
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Should States Run Lotteries?
Jeffrey Miron For most goods and services, governments leave the production, distribution, sale, and consumption decisions to private individuals or…
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Investing
Friday Feature: Rock by Rock
Colleen Hroncich Project-based learning sounds great … until you realize you have to find or create the projects for your…
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Investing
Government Reform: DOGE + E
Chris Edwards President-elect Trump should add “and Elimination” to his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The federal government has grown…
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Investing
Modi’s Bad Judgment in Choosing “National Champions”
Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar Under 10 years of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rule, industrialist Gautam Adani became a “national champion”…
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Economy
5 charged in “Scattered Spider,” one of the most profitable phishing scams ever
Federal prosecutors have charged five men with running an extensive phishing scheme that allegedly allowed them to compromise hundreds of…
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Investing
A Setback for Election Reformers?
Walter Olson Voters in ten or so states this month turned down proposals to change the way elections are held,…
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Economy
Google stops letting sites like Forbes rule search for “Best CBD Gummies“
“Updating our site reputation abuse policy” is how Google, in almost wondrously opaque fashion, announced yesterday that big changes have…
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Investing
What We Should Hope for from the Newly Nominated – and Last? – US Secretary of Education
Neal McCluskey In a bit of a surprise to education watchers, former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon has been…
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