The Bank of Canada is the latest central bank to try to get in on the cryptocurrency movement. The central bank has decided that it, too, will look at issuing its own digital national currency. But its move isn’t to try to provide a more useful or better currency to consumers, it’s to track their […]
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For all those waiting with bated breath for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union, the much anticipated Brexit has been delayed yet again. It seems that, despite the clear will of the British voters to leave the EU, neither UK nor EU leaders want to see that happening. But they can’t quite figure […]
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While most Americans were waiting for President Trump’s inauguration in January 2017, and irate leftists were plotting ways to disrupt the festivities in downtown Washington, DC, the Secret Service was dealing with a crisis that threatened the very security of the inauguration parade. Someone had hacked DC police department computers and taken control of two-thirds […]
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The era of antibiotics has saved the lives of countless millions of people. Common infections that once would have turned deadly now can be combated with cheap medication. But as both misuse and overuse of antibiotics has increased, so too has antibiotic resistance. Now we’re faced with the prospect of bacteria that are able to […]
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The M1 carbine was developed in World War II to give support troops a rifle that was lighter and easier to carry than the standard M1 Garand rifle. It featured a brand-new rifle cartridge that was based on the obsolete .32 Winchester Self-Loading cartridge. The resulting .30 Carbine cartridge quickly became a popular one once […]
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The dotcom bubble of the late 1990s tapped into the euphoria surrounding the then-new internet. Internet commerce was in its infancy, but the possibility of ordering goods online and having them delivered right to your door intrigued a great number of people. The sky seemed to be the limit when it came to tech companies, […]
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Sugar gets a bad rap nowadays for contributing to obesity, diabetes, and a whole host of health ailments. Trendy diets today go to great lengths to cut out sugar. But while too much sugar can certainly be detrimental to your health, there are other uses for sugar that can make it a very useful survival […]
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One of the characteristics of the dotcom bubble in the late ‘90s and early 2000s was the absurd overvaluation of numerous tech companies that weren’t making money and that had no plan to make money. Perhaps the best known example of that was Pets.com, which sought to gain market share by selling pet food and […]
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For decades most people assumed that they would find a job after college, work hard for 30-40 years, and retire comfortably with a pension. But that assumption has long since gone by the wayside. Pensions are largely a thing of the past in the private sector, job stability is not what it used to be, […]
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The corporate debt bubble that threatens to burst and take down the economy is an enormous but highly underrated problem. With corporate debt issuance over 50% higher than before the last financial crisis, corporations are in far worse financial shape than they were a decade ago. Yet despite that financial weakness, very few corporations thus […]
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