Kat Murti
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They Still Call It An "Opioid Epidemic." Why's That?
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It is time to place the blame for mounting opioid overdoes where it belongs: with prohibition
Zimbabwe: Africa’s Shame and Opportunity
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Over the past two decades, Zimbabwe has been in a state of almost constant crisis. The once-prosperous nation now ranks among the poorest and most repressive countries in the world. Is there a way out of this predicament? Barry D. Wood, who recently...
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Kat Murti "Every generation thinks things are going to hell in a handbasket, but as a historian, I think that, if that were true, we'd all be in hell in a handbasket already." — #CatoTechnology #CyberWorkPBS #PBSSoCal 3h
Kat Murti "No one nowadays worries that ATMs can count money faster than a human or that cars can travel distance much faster than humans. That's because we see them as helping us, not competing against us." #CatoTechnology #FutureOfWork #CyberWorkPBS #PBSSoCal 4h
Kat Murti "Why do people assume that robots will want to take over the world? I have a different fear: What if computers get so intelligent, they no longer want to do our work for us anymore?" #CatoTechnology #FutureOfWork #CyberWorkPBS #PBSSoCal 4h
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The perceived threat of artificial intelligence (AI) to the American workforce and society more broadly has become a common topic of discussion among policymakers, academics, and the wider public....
Kat Murti New technology destroys old jobs; that's the whole point of it. Each steam drill destroyed ten jobs driving spikes into railroad tracks. #CatoTechnology #AI #FutureOfWork #CyberWorkPBS #PBSSoCal 4h
Unprofitable Schooling
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‘Free’ Comes with a High Cost for Students and the Economy
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A college education seems financially daunting, but making it “free” is not the answer.
Star Lawyering Protected President Trump from Firing Robert Mueller
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By preventing Trump from firing Special Counsel Robert Mueller, McGahn prevented a political crisis—not to be confused with a constitutional one—that would’ve made the Russia-collusion narrative seem like a jaywalking allegation.
Drug Prohibition and Third-Party Payers Created The “Pill Mills”
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Jeffrey Singer: A cornerstone of governments’ approach to the opioid overdose crisis
High Court upholds ban on 3 books on Islam
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IRF says the court decision confirms minister's absolute discretion to curtail opinions.
CyberWork and the American Dream
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The perceived threat of artificial intelligence (AI) to the American workforce and society more broadly has become a common topic of discussion among policymakers, academics, and the wider public. But is AI a threat? And if so, are there appropriate...
Why Did We Fight the Iraq War?
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Michael J. Mazarr’s “Leap of Faith” argues that the tragedy was the result of a missionary impulse and wishful thinking.
The World Needs Fewer Cersei Lannisters
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Elizabeth Warren on why she loves Game of Thrones.
USMCA to create 76,000 auto industry jobs, White House says
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The proposed U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement on trade will result in 76,000 new jobs in the U.S. auto industry, the Trump administration claimed in a report Thursday. The report also promised $34 billion in new investments in the industry.
Local Jewish community reacts to Pittsburgh massacre at La Jolla/San Diego gathering of thousands
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Nearly 2,500 people jammed University City’s Congregation Beth Israel on Monday evening, Oct. 29, to express outrage and grief at the deadliest attack on the Jewish people in U.S. history — the slaughter of 11 innocent Sabbath worshippers at...
Tourists, Easter worshippers lament closure of Notre Dame
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Tourists, devout Catholics and others are looking on mournfully at Notre Dame Cathedral, regretting that they can't get inside the magnificent monument on this Easter weekend because of the damage caused by a violent fire.
BRUNEAU: Americans’ Reaction to Trump’s Sanctuary City Plan? Send Some Our Way
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The message I heard from residents of Michigan to Tennessee: Send the migrants our way
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Indispensable Remedy: The Broad Scope of the Constitution’s Impeachment Power
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Are we running out of resources? That’s been a hotly debated question since the publication of Paul Ehrlich’s book The Population BOMB in 1968. The Stanford University biologist warned that...
Kat Murti At the current rate of human innovation, resources will double in abundance in 20 years. #SimonAbundanceIndex #EarthDay 9h
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Kat Murti “Behold: the most important check ever written in economics.” Learning a lot about the beauty of human innovation at the #EarthDay launch of 's new Simon Project #SimonAbundanceIndex #HumanProgressData 9h
Jon Riches: Arizona is recognizing out-of-state work licenses — other states should do the same
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All people, regardless of geography, should have a right to earn an honest living.