Last week was a bad one for libertarianism. Actually, it’s been a bad decade for libertarianism. “No, it’s been a bad century,” a devout libertarian might counter, accurately enough. Still, things seem to be going especially badly when the Libertarian Party excitedly announces as a guest speaker at its upcoming convention a guy who relishes […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Daniel Kahneman, a psychologist who won a Nobel Prize in economics for his insights into how ingrained neurological biases influence decision making, died Wednesday at the age of 90. Kahneman and his longtime collaborator Amos Tversky reshaped the field of economics, which prior to their work mostly assumed that people were […]
Republicans are excited to run against Bidenomics in the 2024 election. So why are some of the loudest GOP members bear-hugging the lie at the heart of Bidenomics? The populist wing of the Republican Party is increasingly enamored with the idea that Washington, D.C., should control the economy − that politicians and bureaucrats are smart […]
Mar. 4—HENDERSON — Vance-Granville Community College’s seventh president, Dr. Rachel Desmarais, spoke to the Dispatch for a spell on Friday about the college and what it seeks to do. VGCC opened up shop as Vance County Technical Institute in 1969. Though there wasn’t really a shop, they operated in a few locations around the community. […]
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) – Illinois farmer Dan Henebry regrets not selling more of his corn crop last summer, when the Midwest needed rain and prices were high. He is not alone. Farmers across the United States are kicking themselves for putting off corn sales after fields dried up in May and June, fueling […]
The proverbial “Last Call” for a popular Akron brewery will be March 3. But truth be told the end of the line for R. Shea Brewing in Akron’s Merriman Valley and Canal Place came months ago. The smell of beer and the fermenting process still lingers in the air inside R. Shea’s cavernous manufacturing facility […]
Starting a career has increasingly felt like a rite of passage for Gen Z and Millennial workers struggling to adapt to the working week and stand out to their new bosses. But it looks like those bosses aren’t doing much in return to help their young staffers adjust to corporate life, and it could be […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday announced economic sanctions against 15 people and two companies that the United States says are linked to a Mexican drug cartel as she visited Mexico City for talks with officials about efforts to fight fentanyl trafficking. “We cannot end the U.S. opioid crisis and achieve greater […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday announced economic sanctions against 15 people and two companies that the United States says are linked to a Mexican drug cartel as she visited Mexico City for talks with officials about efforts to fight fentanyl trafficking. “We cannot end the U.S. opioid crisis and achieve greater […]