A Lesson From the Biggest Stock Market Crash in History: Things Can Get Much Worse
On Oct. 24, 1929, stocks opened 11% lower than the previous day. In a few days, they had lost roughly 25% of their market ...
Friday essay: why it’s time to ditch the myth of the heroic billionaire
As global inequality soars, President Donald Trump has recruited a bloat of fellow billionaires to help run his ...
‘He played them’: How a GOP reparations bill splintered supporters of California’s Black Caucus
A growing rift has led to some reparations advocates pulling their support for key parts of California's Legislative Black ...
China vows to punish ‘bullying’ Trump’s tariffs
Trump hits Cambodia and Vietnam with huge tariffs; China’s rate adds up to 54 per cent, 10 per cent hit on Australian ...
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Self Portraits, Carnivals, and Cannibalism in Our Recommended Events
The weekend in arts and culture ...
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PIMCO Names Janet Yellen and Raghuram Rajan to its Global Advisory Board (GAB); Gordon Brown Becomes Chair
Trefethen Professor of Business and Professor of Economics, and where she is currently a professor ... In January 2003, the American Finance Association awarded Dr. Rajan the inaugural Fischer Black ...
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From crisis to comeback: How a tiny nonprofit is working to save Monterey Bay’s fishing industry
It’s an era of few wins for Monterey Bay’s fishing industry, but the Monterey Bay Fisheries Trust, a nonprofit that supports ...
Black Star News15d
Money, Wealth, Truth, And Freedom: Examining The Paths To Black American Liberation
Baba Lumumba of Umoja House in Washington, DC recently crystalized beautifully an important reason for the absence of Black American unity and, consequently, for our snail’s pace progress on the ...
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The reaction to Penny Sparrow was not rational
I only discovered, as an example, the black economist Thomas Sowell much later in my time at university. But when I did it was not a watershed moment, my principles were not solidified by now having a ...
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Carrie Underwood and Husband Mike Fisher Have Red Carpet Date Night Together for the First Time in 2 Years
She added matching black drop earrings and wore her blonde hair in a straight style tucked behind her ears. Fisher, meanwhile, kept it classic in a dark suit. The star-studded live special ...
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Gold is at an all-time high – but should you buy it?
‘Before the First World War, a gold sovereign was worth one pound sterling’ (Photo: EyeEm Mobile GmbH/Getty Images/iStockphoto) Gold is the ultimate funk asset – the thing people buy when they are ...
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Some economists believe SARB will keep repo rate unchanged
JOHANNESBURG - A day after inflation remained steady at 3.2%, some economists believe the South African Reserve Bank (SARB)’s monetary policy committee (MPC) is likely to keep the repo rate ...