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Who pays for politics as usual.

It’s no exaggeration to say that algorithms will write much of the news for us in the future, as indeed they already do today. Take politics. If you’re interested in learning about the special interests that direct the votes of elected officials in the U.S., there is plenty of data for that. Campaign-finance disclosure laws [...]

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The Myth of War Prosperity by Ron Paul

Ron Paul speaking before congress in 2003 Mr. Speaker, I want to talk tonight about an economic myth. There is a longstanding myth that war benefits the economy. The argument goes that when a country is at war, jobs are created and the economy grows. This is a myth. Many argue that World War II [...]

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