There have been several hopeful signs coming out of the doom and gloom generation – also known as millennials – in the last few months which seem to signal that they may finally be growing up. The first sign can be seen in birth rates, which, although still behind those of other generations, continue to
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The University of Chicago’s Richard Thaler has been awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in economics. Thaler is a leading practitioner of behavioral economics, the application of psychology to problems of valuation, choice, exchange, and pricing. Following Mises, most Austrian economists have distinguished sharply between praxeology, the logical analysis of action, and psychology, the behavioral motivations and
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It’s 2017, and conspiracy theorists around the world are eagerly awaiting the release of thousands of never seen before government documents related to the assassination of president John F. Kennedy. Due out in late October, the new material will no doubt reignite interest in the JFK assassination and it is likely that a host of
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Depression is on the rise. A study conducted by the World Health Organization found an increase of 20 percent in depression cases within just a decade. I work on a university campus. One might expect such a place to feel vibrant and energetic, but lately there seems to be more fatigue and malaise. Even for
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The death of Hugh Hefner, the founder of Playboy Magazine, left many wondering about his legacy. Some argued that the sexual liberation that Hefner helped lead was a good thing. Others, who saw his magazine as the mainstreaming of pornography (chart), said the opposite was true. Either way, both sides seem to agree that Hefner
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“It begs the question…” Most people use this phrase to mean the equivalent of “It raises the question” or “It invites the question”. For instance, in a tee-up to their “news” story last month that Ivanka Trump still calls our president “Daddy”, Britain’s Telegraph wrote, “It begs the question—how old is too old to call
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