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A New, Depressing Survey on Inflation
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Citizen Initiatives Must Be Able to Overcome Government Hostility
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Why Is Federal Spending Expanding as a Share of the Economy?
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Unlikely Senate Alliance Proposes Cryptocurrency Surveillance
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American Compass Dystopia: Americans’ “Stagnant” Income
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The Financial Implications of the Death Penalty
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In Yale University ERISA Case, Plaintiffs Lose but 7th Amendment Wins
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Crypto Clarity Is Up to Congress: Taking Stock of the Latest Lummis‐Gillibrand Bill
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