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The right to free association should only apply to companies that have not received government benefits, otherwise it is favoritism Last Friday, Paypal closed the account of controversial American TV presenter and “far-right” conspiracy theorist Alex Jones of Infowars. In this way, the technology giant joins Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Apple and many others, …

The world put out the fire with debt that will sooner or later have to be paid. On September 15, 2008, the United States woke up to the bankruptcy of its fourth largest investment bank, Lehman Brothers. With assets of $639 billion (at least on the balance sheet) and $619 billion in debt, it was the largest bankruptcy …

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Emerging Market Pain May Be a Sign of Future U.S. Trouble Emerging markets are on fire. In the past week, Turkey’s currency crisis has been joined by similar financial conflagrations in Argentina and Indonesia. The central bank of the Gauchos raised its key interest rate to 60% (the world’s highest) from 45%, after …

From Helsinki with… love? The meeting between Trump and Putin in Helsinki was highly anticipated after the sparks that flew between the US president and the leaders of NATO countries last week. The focus was on what tone Trump would set for Russian-American relations amid his conflicts with his allies in …

Links: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's victory over Joseph Crowley for the New York House of Representatives seat Ocasio-Cortez's biography and political positions Media reactions: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/27/nyregion/alexandria-ocasio-cortez.html http://www.businessinsider.com/ocasio-cortez-gets-the-economics-of-budget-deficits-job-creation-2018-7 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-gop-republicans-libraries-policies-new-york-trump-twitter-a8434966.html The problems at the Democratic conference The position of the British government after the meeting at Checkers Disagreements in Theresa May's cabinet For more …

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By Tyler Cowen for Bloomberg View You might be one of those people who thinks being “analytical” is a good thing. We usually associate “analytical” with people who are intelligent, knowledgeable, and relatively unbiased in their assessments. You might think that politics is a field where you can be …