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WSJ: Amazon Hires Unsafe Trucking Companies Twice as Often as Competitors

A recent report from the Wall Street Journal claims that e-commerce giant Amazon hired known dangerous trucking companies twice as often as its competitors.

Harvard Prof., Former IMF Economist Rogoff: 'We're in a Productivity Recession,' and 'Policies about Fossil Fuels' Are Part of the Problem

On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Professor of Economics at Harvard University and former International Monetary Fund Chief Economist Ken Rogoff stated that the output growth and labor force numbers show that “we’re in a productivity recession, productivity growth’s just awful.

David Bahnsen: Marxist Economic Philosophy ‘Deteriorates Freedom’

David Bahnsen, chief investment officer at The Bahnsen Group, spoke with Breitbart News about how the Marxist economic worldview that is prevalent across American financial institutions today “deteriorates freedom.” LISTEN: Bahnsen opened the interview by talking about the free economics course he recently launched on his website. Bahnsen told Breitbart

Is the Bank of Russia buying gold?

On March 25, the Bank of Russia announced it would buy gold at a fixed price of 5,000 rubles per gram.

New Normal Newspeak #5: “Recession”

Our new series of micro-articles deals with the newly everyday occurrence of the modern media simply changing what a word means.

WaPo's Singletary: 'Stop Complaining,' 'Calm Down' About Inflation -- You Are 'Not Suffering'

Washington Post columnist Michelle Singletary said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Chris Jansing Reports” that many Americans were “not suffering” as much as they think from inflation.

Pouring Poison and Planting Seeds of Dependency

Audio Version New Feature! Do you remember the iconic Union Carbide image from the 1950s or early 1960s? The one with the giant hand coming from the sky, pouring pesticides onto Indian soil. The blurb below the image includes the following: Science helps build a new India – India has developed