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Why do some nations fail and others succeed?In the late 1990s and early 2000s, three economists form
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Windell Curole spent decades working to protect his community in southern Louisiana from the destruc
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A couple years ago, Gina Leto, a real estate developer, bought a property with her business partner.
Mass deportations. What would actually happen—economically—if the President-elect follows through on
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On the day after the election, Wall Street responded in a dramatic way. Some stocks went way up, oth
Back in the 90s, the federal government ran a bold experiment, giving people vouchers to move out of
Ray and Becky Queen live in rural Oklahoma with their kids (and chickens). The Queens were able to b
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Over the past two decades, there's been a sort of tectonic economic shift happening under our feet.
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