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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2013/07/25/how-entertainers-are-bullied-into-not-performing-in-israel/
How Entertainers Are Bullied Into Not Performing In Israel
How Entertainers Are Bullied Into Not Performing In Israel US singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife) By Abraham Cooper & Harold Brackman Israeli fans of golden oldies won’t be hearing Eric Burdon grind out his signature House of The Rising Sun. The lead Animals singer canceled his...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2013/07/31/even-obamas-state-department-knows-keystone-xl-is-not-an-environmental-hazard/
Even Obama's State Department Knows Keystone XL Is Not An Environmental Hazard
Even Obama's State Department Knows Keystone XL Is Not An Environmental Hazard President Barack Obama speaks at the southern site of the Keystone XL pipeline in Cushing, Oklahoma.... [+] (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) By Chris Prandoni Kowtowing to radical environmentalists, President Obama has consistently ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2013/09/09/to-raise-the-capital-gains-tax-rate-is-to-not-raise-capital-gains-taxes/
To Raise The Capital Gains Tax Rate Is To Not Raise Capital Gains Taxes
To Raise The Capital Gains Tax Rate Is To Not Raise Capital Gains Taxes By Will McBride The Committee for a Responsible Budget (CRFB) recently analyzed the preferential rates on capital gains and dividends, concluding that raising the top tax rate above the current 23.8 percent would bring in more tax revenue. They fig...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2013/10/04/hooray-you-have-a-patent-now-the-really-hard-work-begins/
Hooray, You Have A Patent! Now The Really Hard Work Begins
Hooray, You Have A Patent! Now The Really Hard Work Begins (Photo credit: Wikipedia) By Alexander Brown Hooray! You spent thousands of dollars and finally have a U.S. patent for your invention. You're elated and ready to make some money. Sadly, the issuance of your patent might not put you any closer to receiving that ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2013/10/08/the-bitcoin-backlash-is-underlay-by-a-quivering-status-quo/
The Bitcoin Backlash Is Informed By A Quivering Status Quo
The Bitcoin Backlash Is Informed By A Quivering Status Quo By Bruce Abramson Technology is subversive. Every few years, a new technology threatens the status quo of one industry or another, and a familiar sequence of events follows. Consumers, users, and some savvy technologists win. The folks dominating the status quo...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2013/10/11/why-is-the-fda-shielding-smokers-from-the-good-news-about-e-cigarettes/
Why Is The FDA Shielding Smokers From The Good News About E-Cigarettes?
Why Is The FDA Shielding Smokers From The Good News About E-Cigarettes? A variety of electronic cigarette flavors are viewed for sale at Vape New York. (Image credit: Getty... [+] Images via @daylife) By Gilbert Ross, M.D. Any clear-thinking health professional would agree that cigarette smoking is without question the...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2013/10/28/jonathan-rauch-reminds-us-that-truth-can-only-be-achieved-through-free-expression/
Jonathan Rauch Reminds Us That Truth Can Only Be Achieved Through Free Expression
Jonathan Rauch Reminds Us That Truth Can Only Be Achieved Through Free Expression By Daniel Shuchman To observe that American political and intellectual discourse has become polarized, intolerant of all but the most predictable ideological nostrums, censorial of anything deemed to be remotely “politically incorrect,” a...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2013/11/07/what-are-the-secrets-behind-israels-growing-innovative-edge/
What Are The Secrets Behind Israel's Growing Innovative Edge?
What Are The Secrets Behind Israel's Growing Innovative Edge? Picture of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange building on January 16, 2011. The websites of Israeli... [+] national carrier El Al and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) were both offline on Monday morning, hours after they were reportedly threatened by a Saudi hack...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2013/11/12/how-the-hungarian-disease-is-spreading-across-central-europe/
How The Hungarian Disease Is Spreading Across Central Europe
How The Hungarian Disease Is Spreading Across Central Europe : Donald Tusk – Prime Minister of Poland (Photo credit: Wikipedia) By Marek Tatala & Fred Roeder In September of this year, Polish prime minister Donald Tusk announced his intention to undo pension system reforms and seize parts of the mandatory private pensi...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2013/11/22/atlanta-braves-1-hapless-taxpayers-fleeced-to-pay-for-their-stadium-0/
Atlanta Braves 1, Hapless Taxpayers Fleeced To Pay For Their Stadium, 0
Atlanta Braves 1, Hapless Taxpayers Fleeced To Pay For Their Stadium, 0 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) By Scott Beaulier I'm a Chicago Cubs fan by birth, but I'm a Braves fan by choice. I was at "the Ted" back in 2004 when the Braves lost to the Astros in Game 5 of the NLDS. I was back at Turner Field again in 2005 to watch...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2013/12/03/millennials-must-move-beyond-handsoffmybirthcontrol-to-handsoffmyhealthinsurance/
Millennials Must Move Beyond #HandsOffMyBirthControl To #HandsOffMyHealthInsurance
Millennials Must Move Beyond #HandsOffMyBirthControl To #HandsOffMyHealthInsurance Birth control pills. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) By Cathy Reisenwitz Recently, #HandsOffMyBirthControl trended on Twitter. It was a response to the Supreme Court’s decision to look into whether for-profit corporations must provide insuranc...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2013/12/04/how-to-finish-what-the-jobs-act-has-started/
How To Finish What The JOBS Act Has Started
How To Finish What The JOBS Act Has Started Daniel Gorfine By Daniel Gorfine Market demand, the Internet, and new modes of communication are driving significant changes in capital markets.  These changes put increasing pressure on federal and state policymakers to ensure that laws are not unnecessarily impeding the fai...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2013/12/13/those-green-schools-you-hear-about-arent-so-green-after-all/
Those 'Green' Schools You Hear About Aren't So Green After All
Those 'Green' Schools You Hear About Aren't So Green After All English: The LEED sign at the entrance to a development. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) By Anastasia Swearingen Once again, results from the Programme for International Student Assessment show that American students are falling behind their international counter...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2013/12/18/mortgage-interest-deduction-saves-middle-class-taxpayers-all-of-51month/
Mortgage Interest Deduction Saves Middle Class Taxpayers All Of $51/Month
Mortgage Interest Deduction Saves Middle Class Taxpayers All Of $51/Month Fannie Mae (Photo credit: NCinDC) By Anthony Randazzo & Dean Stansel Middle-class homeowners saved an average of $615 on their taxes in 2012 thanks to the mortgage interest deduction. That’s actually down from an average savings of $989 in 2010. ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/01/10/how-to-achieve-universal-health-coverage-at-half-the-cost/
How To Achieve Universal Health Coverage At Half The Cost
How To Achieve Universal Health Coverage At Half The Cost By Kip Hagopian & Dana Goldman (Photo credit: Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com) With each passing day the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has become increasingly imperiled. Calls for alternatives are wide spread. In an article published in National Affairs, we proposed ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/01/20/does-fighting-back-work-or-is-the-patent-system-simply-broken/
Does Fighting Back Work, Or Is The Patent System Simply Broken?
Does Fighting Back Work, Or Is The Patent System Simply Broken? Newegg (Photo credit: Jason A. Howie) By Alexander Brown The drive for innovation is an important input when it comes to achieving success, but does the rising cost of litigation and changing risk/reward analysis of obtaining patents deter innovation? This...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/01/23/big-u-s-cities-foment-baseless-superstitious-fear-of-electronic-cigarettes/
Big U.S. Cities Foment Baseless, Superstitious Fear Of Electronic Cigarettes
Big U.S. Cities Foment Baseless, Superstitious Fear Of Electronic Cigarettes Electronic Cigarette Smoking (Photo credit: planetc1) By Gilbert Ross Whatever became of urban sophistication, especially on matters scientific and technological? We lifelong city folk cultivated a nasty habit of looking down on the denizens o...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/01/31/argentinas-luck-is-finally-running-out/
Argentina's Luck Is Finally Running Out
Argentina's Luck Is Finally Running Out By IAN VASQUEZ Argentina’s luck is finally starting to run out. It devalued its currency by 15 percent last week, marking the beginning of a possible economic crisis of the kind Argentina has become known for. Argentina’s problem is that it has followed the logic of populism for ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/01/31/in-a-political-campaign-is-there-a-constitutionally-protected-right-to-lie/
In A Political Campaign, Is There A Constitutionally-Protected Right To Lie?
In A Political Campaign, Is There A Constitutionally-Protected Right To Lie? By JOSEPH H. COOPER On January 10, 2014, the U. S. Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments from two political action committees that seek standing to thwart the strictures of the Ohio Election Commission, which, by statute, had sought to bar bi...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/02/07/the-keystone-pipeline-would-create-thousands-of-jobs/
The Keystone Pipeline Would Create Thousands Of Jobs
The Keystone Pipeline Would Create Thousands Of Jobs By ALBERT HUBER and PETER BOWE Manufacturers have known for years that the Keystone XL pipeline is in the nation’s best interest. Now, after almost six years of review, the President can bring the project ever closer to approval. With the release of the State Departm...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/02/27/colorado-has-been-fracking-for-40-years-why-all-the-fuss/
Colorado Has Been Fracking For 40 Years; Why All The Fuss?
Colorado Has Been Fracking For 40 Years; Why All The Fuss? By DAVID BIEDERMAN In the coming months, Coloradans will have the power to vote on the future role of fracking in the state. As a result, Colorado has become a focal point for environmental groups seeking moratoriums and bans on hydraulic fracturing, a.k.a. “fr...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/03/04/for-catholics-the-vocation-of-business-is-the-main-hope-for-the-worlds-poor/
For Catholics, The Vocation Of Business Is The Main Hope For The World's Poor
For Catholics, The Vocation Of Business Is The Main Hope For The World's Poor By Michael Novak [EDITOR’S NOTE: Michael Novak delivered this address at the Catholic University of America on January 14, on the first anniversary of the university’s School of Business and Economics.] The Catholic University of America is a...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/03/25/dont-worry-america-millennials-still-want-to-marry/
Don't Worry, America: Millennials Still Want To Marry
Don't Worry, America: Millennials Still Want To Marry By Neil Howe The Pew Research Center reports that the marriage rate has plummeted. Today, just 26% of Millennials (born after 1982) are married. When they were the same age as Millennials are now, 36% of Generation X, 48% of Baby Boomers and 65% of the members of th...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/03/31/the-ipccs-latest-report-deliberately-excludes-and-misrepresents-important-climate-science/
The IPCC's Latest Report Deliberately Excludes And Misrepresents Important Climate Science
The IPCC's Latest Report Deliberately Excludes And Misrepresents Important Climate Science By Joseph Bast This week, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is releasing its latest report, the “Working Group II Contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report.” Like its past reports, this one pr...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/04/22/the-unhappy-rise-of-the-millennial-intern/?sh=c84cf281328e
The Unhappy Rise Of The Millennial Intern
The Unhappy Rise Of The Millennial Intern By Neil Howe — Mr. Howe is the author of numerous books on American generational trends, including Millennials Rising. “Experience,” the Harvard Crimson argues, is the currency driving so many college- and post-college age Millennials to summer internships, paid and unpaid. As ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/04/25/how-big-data-can-expand-financial-opportunities-for-the-worlds-poor/
How Big Data Can Expand Financial Opportunities For The World's Poor
How Big Data Can Expand Financial Opportunities For The World's Poor By Diana Taylor and Michael Schlein — Diana Taylor is Chairman of the Board of Accion. Michael Schlein is Accion’s President and CEO. Two and a half billion people live in poverty and lack access to the financial tools that can improve their lives sig...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/05/05/if-youre-concerned-about-climate-change-you-should-support-nuclear-power/
If You're Concerned About Climate Change, You Should Support Nuclear Power
If You're Concerned About Climate Change, You Should Support Nuclear Power By Carol Browner—Ms. Browner served as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under President Clinton, and as Director of the Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy under President Obama. She is a member of the Leadership Counc...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/05/27/the-petroleum-product-that-can-save-millions-of-lives-each-year/
The Petroleum Product That Can Save Millions Of Lives Each Year
The Petroleum Product That Can Save Millions Of Lives Each Year The fracking furor over shale gas is the latest in a series of environmental debates that have bedeviled the oil and gas industry in spite of what might be considered an enviable record compared to related industries, coal for example. From off shore spill...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/05/28/interstates-arent-free-so-lets-lift-the-ban-on-tolling-them/
Interstates Aren't 'Free' So Let's Lift The Ban On Tolling Them
Interstates Aren't 'Free' So Let's Lift The Ban On Tolling Them In late April, President Obama took an executive action that had been ignored for a decade, and sent a surface transportation bill to Congress. The 4-year, $302 billion GROW AMERICA act would take numerous measures to shore up current transportation underf...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/06/04/more-than-markets-at-stake-in-trans-atlantic-trade-negotiations/
More Than Markets At Stake In Trans-Atlantic Trade Negotiations
More Than Markets At Stake In Trans-Atlantic Trade Negotiations Far too many who favor a “Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership” between the United States and the European Union are overlooking the greatest gains from such a deal. As negotiations on a “TTIP” complete a fifth round in Washington, this makes it...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/07/01/immigration-reform-congress-wont-vote-a-changing-electorate-will/
Immigration Reform: Congress Won't Vote? A Changing Electorate Will
Immigration Reform: Congress Won't Vote? A Changing Electorate Will Plagued by ideological gridlock, midterm electioneering and the fall of Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Congress appears hopelessly fragmented and paralyzed, unable to vote on the most important policy issues of our time. Some think comprehensive immigrat...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/07/03/the-kgbs-successors-and-the-greening-of-europe/
The KGB's Successors And The 'Greening' Of Europe
The KGB's Successors And The 'Greening' Of Europe How far will Russian President Vladimir Putin go to stop fracking in Europe? Tint his thinning hair an eco-friendly color? According to NATO Secretary General Anders Rasmussen, Russia’s myriad intelligence agencies, which now include the Foreign Intelligence Service (SV...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/07/28/unauthorized-fatca-intergovernmental-agreements-are-part-of-obamas-executive-overreach/
Unauthorized FATCA 'Intergovernmental Agreements' Are Part Of Obama's Executive Overreach
Unauthorized FATCA 'Intergovernmental Agreements' Are Part Of Obama's Executive Overreach As charged by House Speaker John Boehner, President Barack Obama has demonstrated an unprecedented circumvention of Congressional authority “through executive action, changing and creating his own laws, and excusing himself from e...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/08/04/how-to-help-the-unbanked-repeal-the-durbin-amendment/
How To Help The Unbanked? Repeal The Durbin Amendment
How To Help The Unbanked? Repeal The Durbin Amendment As the issue of wealth inequality has surged to the forefront of the American political debate one rising area of interest is the large and growing number of Americans who are unbanked or underbanked, lacking access to mainstream financial services. According to a 2...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/08/12/its-working-in-wisconsin-high-court-upholds-act-10/
It's Working in Wisconsin -- High Court Upholds Act 10
It's Working in Wisconsin -- High Court Upholds Act 10 Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has been vindicated once again. Recently, the Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld Act 10, the “Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill.” The Supreme Court’s 5 to 2 decision is likely the end of legal challenges attempting to reverse the law, and sho...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/08/13/fighting-ebola-and-measles-hampered-by-fear/
Anti-Vaxx And Ebola Superstition Endanger Public
Anti-Vaxx And Ebola Superstition Endanger Public A devastating Ebola outbreak is ravaging West African countries like Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, with reports of deaths soaring past 1,000. Efforts to control the outbreak are hampered by unfounded fear and suspicion of modern medicine, reliance on herbal medicine,...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/09/02/the-irs-is-giving-away-13-billion-a-year-in-wind-energy-subsidies-without-congressional-authorization/
The IRS Is Giving Away $13 Billion A Year In Wind Energy Subsidies, Without Congressional Authorization
The IRS Is Giving Away $13 Billion A Year In Wind Energy Subsidies, Without Congressional Authorization The main federal handout for the wind energy industry has grown considerably despite the fact that it expired at the end of 2013. Over the past two years, IRS administrators have relaxed the eligibility requirements ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/09/04/the-unsung-economics-of-immigration/
The Unsung Economics Of Immigration
The Unsung Economics Of Immigration With a humanitarian crisis unfolding on the U.S.-Mexico border, President Obama has announced that he intends to ask for $2 billion in emergency funding, but then bypass an uncooperative Congress and act through executive orders to address the situation.  The politics of immigration ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/09/22/what-stress-testing-is-not/
What Stress Testing Is Not
What Stress Testing Is Not With banks getting ready for the year-end regulatory stress testing, it is worth looking at what stress testing is and, more importantly, what it is not. Typically, stress-testing models simulate adverse conditions to evaluate if a system/structure can survive abnormal circumstances. For bank...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/10/14/is-it-lawful-for-the-police-to-get-the-law-wrong/
Is It Lawful For The Police To Get The Law Wrong?
Is It Lawful For The Police To Get The Law Wrong? The first case of the term argued before the U.S. Supreme Court last Monday, Heien v. North Carolina, presents fundamental questions about what we expect of our police force—questions that deserve far more attention than they have received. There are plenty of technical...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/11/03/what-no-one-talks-about-during-election-season-voter-ignorance/
What No One Talks About During Election Season: Voter Ignorance
What No One Talks About During Election Season: Voter Ignorance On Tuesday, we will have an important election that determines which party controls the House and Senate. Yet most Americans have very little understanding of the issues they will soon decide at the polls. A recent Annenberg Public Policy Center poll finds...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/11/24/why-are-oil-prices-dropping/
Why Are Oil Prices Dropping?
Why Are Oil Prices Dropping? With the price of oil down 28 percent in recent months, financial analysts and political pundits are all asking the same questions: What are the reasons behind this drop and why isn’t OPEC taking steps to stop the bleeding? It’s Economics 101. When the price falls, you cut supply. OPEC nati...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/12/23/the-supreme-courts-hidden-climate-change-agenda/
The Supreme Court's Hidden Climate Change Agenda?
The Supreme Court's Hidden Climate Change Agenda? If you had to decide which air pollutant to regulate from the nation’s fleet of existing power plants—mercury, a toxic substance that adversely affects human health, or carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that many scientists believe is contributing to climate change—which...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2015/01/30/terrorist-use-of-u-s-social-media-is-a-national-security-threat/
Terrorist Use Of U.S. Social Media Is A National Security Threat
Terrorist Use Of U.S. Social Media Is A National Security Threat American companies like Twitter, Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft, Yahoo and other popular services, including YouTube, WhatsApp, Skype, Tumblr and Instagram, are facilitating global jihad. This was one of the main subjects of a recent meeting between U...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2015/02/11/obama-takes-credit-for-economic-recovery-not-at-his-own-risk-but-his-partys/
Obama Takes Credit For Economic Recovery Not At His Own Risk, But His Party's
Obama Takes Credit For Economic Recovery Not At His Own Risk, But His Party's President Obama has now taken full ownership of the American economy. At the beginning of his recent State of the Union address, Obama repeatedly took credit for the recent economic recovery: Tonight, after a breakthrough year for America, ou...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2015/02/12/medicares-biggest-little-secret-seniors-can-have-a-medical-savings-account/
Medicare's Biggest Little Secret: Seniors Can Have A Medical Savings Account
Medicare's Biggest Little Secret: Seniors Can Have A Medical Savings Account When I first became eligible for Medicare I went through the Pennsylvania version of the booklet “Medicare & You,” looking for the Medicare Advantage plan that would be the best choice for me. This is an annual autumn ritual for anyone who wan...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2015/03/09/gov-greg-abbott-texas-means-business/
Gov. Greg Abbott: Texas Means Business
Gov. Greg Abbott: Texas Means Business Texas is once again the top state for job-creating capital investment projects. We have built a framework that allows free enterprise to flourish, including less government, low taxes, reasonable regulations and the right-to-work laws that attract job creators and keep job growth ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2015/03/30/one-year-later-in-crimea-polls-dont-tell-the-whole-story/
One Year Later In Crimea: Polls Don't Tell The Whole Story
One Year Later In Crimea: Polls Don't Tell The Whole Story Oleg Sentsov is the face of Crimea today. A year ago, the Ukrainian filmmaker put his next film on hold to participate in AutoMaidan, bringing food to Ukrainian soldiers under siege during Russia’s take-over of the peninsula. Soon after, he was kidnapped by FSB...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2015/06/10/why-are-the-2016-obamacare-rate-increases-so-large/
Why Are The 2016 Obamacare Rate Increases So Large?
Why Are The 2016 Obamacare Rate Increases So Large? You might recall that I have said we wouldn’t see the real Obamacare rates until the 2017 prices are published in mid-2016. By then health plans will finally have had a couple of years of credible claim data and two of the three "3 Rs" reinsurance provisions subsidizi...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2015/08/24/lets-get-this-straight-income-inequality-and-poverty-arent-the-same-thing/
Let's Get This Straight: Income Inequality And Poverty Aren't The Same Thing
Let's Get This Straight: Income Inequality And Poverty Aren't The Same Thing There is very considerable discussion nowadays about the increas­ingly conspicuous discrepancy between the incomes of wealthier Americans and the incomes of those Americans who are less wealthy. President Barack Obama has declared that income ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2015/10/12/how-the-largest-obamacare-co-op-went-broke/
How The Largest Obamacare Co-Op Went Broke
How The Largest Obamacare Co-Op Went Broke The New York State Department of Financial Services, the state’s health insurance exchange, and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on September 25 that Health Republic Insurance Company of New York was being ordered to cease operations and wind down ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2016/02/11/automation-telemedicine/
The Robot Is In, And It Will See You Now
The Robot Is In, And It Will See You Now I have often said that I would worry about a computer doing my job when it could laugh at a joke. As a radiologist with years of training, what I do is all about perception, like understanding the complexities of good humor. While it might be impossible to describe a tumor in yo...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2016/02/17/utah-internet-sales-tax-folly/
Utah's Internet Sales Tax Folly
Utah's Internet Sales Tax Folly Utah is now ground zero in internet sales tax fight. Photographer: George Frey/Bloomberg Who says Republicans don’t support tax hikes? In recent years, some GOP lawmakers in Washington, D.C. have pushed and pleaded with their colleagues to levy a sales tax on online vendors. Fortunately ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2016/03/22/celebrate-the-can-do-woman/
Celebrate The 'Can-Do' Woman
Celebrate The 'Can-Do' Woman You never forget the feeling you have when you are asking someone to hire you. I remember it well.  I wanted that specific job--a job working on commission, selling educational books door-to-door. I knew I would be a hard sell to the company because they did not hire women, they just hired ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2016/04/25/mcdonalds-minimum-wage-reality/
The Ugly Truth About A $15 Minimum Wage
The Ugly Truth About A $15 Minimum Wage A $15 minimum wage will mean wiping out thousands of entry-level opportunities for people without... [+] many other options. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) The Service Employees International Union spent 2015 expanding its campaign for a $15 minimum wage to other industries. ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2016/04/28/dilma-rousseffs-impeachment-wouldnt-be-a-coup/
Dilma Rousseff's Impeachment Wouldn't Be A Coup
Dilma Rousseff's Impeachment Wouldn't Be A Coup Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has called impeachment proceedings against her a coup that would... [+] not solve Brazil's political crisis. (Photographer: Lula Marques/Bloomberg) In 1992, the Brazilian Congress voted to impeach Fernando Collor de Mello, the first demo...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2016/05/04/student-should-take-gap-year/
Malia Obama Is Taking A Gap Year--And So Should All Students
Malia Obama Is Taking A Gap Year--And So Should All Students President Barack Obama with his daughter Malia last month. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) When I learned that Harvard-bound Malia Obama was taking a gap year prior to starting college, I had one thought: Finally. The gap year hasn’t received its just due as a pa...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2016/07/12/pension-reform-is-at-a-crossroads-in-new-jersey/
Pension Reform Is At A Crossroads In New Jersey
Pension Reform Is At A Crossroads In New Jersey The only real solution to New Jersey's pension crisis is long-term reform that delivers much-needed... [+] savings--and Gov. Christie recognizes this reality. (Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg) New Jersey’s fiscal and economic future depends on how we answer a simple...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2016/07/27/medicaid-for-none-not-all/
Medicaid For None, Not All
Medicaid For None, Not All Why does the Democratic Party see "Medicaid for all" as the future of healthcare? (Photo by Drew... [+] Angerer/Getty Images) With the Affordable Care Act crumbling around them, Democrats will look to unveil their next healthcare plan at the National Convention in Philadelphia. President Bara...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2016/09/01/the-crisis-facing-public-education/
The Crisis Facing Public Education
The Crisis Facing Public Education It’s important that lawmakers fully fund their public pensions every year so that they can meet... [+] their obligations to teachers and retirees. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File) As kids across the country start heading back to school, I’m reminded of former Secretary of Education Shirl...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2016/09/01/what-a-best-selling-memoir-tells-us-about-payday-loans/
What A Best-Selling Memoir Tells Us About Payday Loans
What A Best-Selling Memoir Tells Us About Payday Loans J.D. Vance’s memoir Hillbilly Elegy is one of the most acclaimed books of the summer. An account of Vance’s troubled childhood and rise out of poverty, it has been widely praised for its frank portrayal of the hardships faced by millions of people living in Appalac...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2016/09/12/how-a-chicago-restaurant-opening-shed-light-on-struggles-of-drought-impacted-california-farmers-and-chefs/
How A Chicago Restaurant Opening Shed Light On Struggles Of Drought-Impacted California Farmers And Chefs
How A Chicago Restaurant Opening Shed Light On Struggles Of Drought-Impacted California Farmers And Chefs Sheep graze in a dry field near the town of McFarland in California's Central Valley, August 24,... [+] 2016. (ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images) Sitting in the kitchen of my new restaurant in the heart of Chicago, I’m s...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2016/10/06/is-america-the-land-of-the-free/?sh=210e613649df
Is America The Land Of The Free?
Is America The Land Of The Free? The U.S. is said to be the land of the free, but continues to slide in international measures of economic freedom. Last week’s release of the 2016 Economic Freedom of the World report ranks the U.S. 16th out of 159 countries, behind perineal leader Hong Kong, our northern neighbors Cana...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2016/10/21/u-s-public-opinion-is-driving-us-to-re-fight-20th-century-economic-wars-with-china/
U.S. Public Opinion Is Driving Us To Re-Fight 20th-Century Economic Wars With China
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2016/11/04/this-years-top-presidential-campaigns-spent-over-1b-heres-where-it-all-went/
This Year's Top Presidential Campaigns Spent Over $1B -- Here's Where It All Went
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2016/11/28/romanias-quiet-sophisticated-media-crackdown/
Romania's Quiet, Sophisticated Media Crackdown
Romania's Quiet, Sophisticated Media Crackdown Romanian President Klaus Iohannis (L) introduces designated Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos (R) to the... [+] media at the Romanian Presidency headquarters in Bucharest, on November 10, 2015. (DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP/Getty Images) In recent years, Romania has earned some applau...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2016/11/29/thanks-to-fight-for-15-minimum-wage-mcdonalds-unveils-job-replacing-self-service-kiosks-nationwide/
Thanks To 'Fight For $15' Minimum Wage, McDonald's Unveils Job-Replacing Self-Service Kiosks Nationwide
Thanks To 'Fight For $15' Minimum Wage, McDonald's Unveils Job-Replacing Self-Service Kiosks Nationwide McDonald's restaurant employees rally after walking off the job to demand a $15 per hour wage and... [+] union rights during nationwide 'Fight for $15 Day of Disruption' protests on November 29, 2016 in Los Angeles, ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2016/12/06/china-and-the-art-of-the-deal/
China And The Art Of The Deal
China And The Art Of The Deal During a recent interview for our forthcoming documentary on the U.S.-China relationship, Henry Kissinger, the 56th Secretary of State, said: "If we [the United States and China] were to clash, it would be a disaster for the whole world. So the relationship is an exploration of our necessi...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2016/12/08/cyber-risk-meets-its-match/
Cyber Risk Meets Its Match
Cyber Risk Meets Its Match Since 2013, the U.S. Intelligence Community’s annual worldwide threat assessment to Congress has highlighted cybersecurity as the top national security threat. In September 2015, the Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, testified that “cyber threat cannot be eliminated; rather, c...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/01/12/on-standing-rock-politics-trumped-facts-and-law/
On Standing Rock, Politics Trumped Facts And Law
On Standing Rock, Politics Trumped Facts And Law Activists eat breakfast as it snows at Oceti Sakowin camp on the edge of the Standing Rock Sioux... [+] Reservation on December 5, 2016 outside Cannon Ball, North Dakota. (JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) Last month, the Army Corps of Engineers, pursuant to political pressur...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/01/20/10-things-to-look-for-in-a-fed-governor/
10 Things To Look For In A Fed Governor
10 Things To Look For In A Fed Governor Janet Yellen, chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, arrives to a meeting of the Board of Governors of... [+] the Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C. on May 3, 2016. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg) As President Trump takes office this month, he has the opportunity to fill two open seats on...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/01/21/iran-has-changed-but-for-the-worse/
Iran Has Changed, But For The Worse
Iran Has Changed, But For The Worse The pro-Iran engagement policy camp long advocated how a nuclear agreement with Iran would lead to a slate of numerous changes sought in the regime, rendering benefits to go around for everyone. More than one year down this road, the world has witnessed many changes in Iran. However,...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/01/28/will-paul-ryans-obamacare-replacement-work-for-people-with-pre-existing-conditions/
Will Paul Ryan's Obamacare Replacement Work For People With Pre-Existing Conditions?
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/02/10/bringing-economic-diplomacy-back-to-the-fore/
Bringing Economic Diplomacy Back To The Fore
Bringing Economic Diplomacy Back To The Fore U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (R) meets with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) at... [+] the U.S. State Department February 10, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) As former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson takes the helm of the State Department...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/02/27/norways-government-abducted-children-and-ramifications-for-europe/
Norway's Government-Abducted Children, And Ramifications For Europe
Norway's Government-Abducted Children, And Ramifications For Europe The European Court of Human Rights will investigate Norway’s child welfare agency Barnevernet in 2017. King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway talk with Norvegian children as they visit the Blue Mosque on... [+] November 7, 2013 in Istanbul, during an of...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/02/28/why-trumps-infrastructure-plan-needs-regulatory-technology-reform-first/
Why Trump's Infrastructure Plan Needs Regulatory Technology Reform First
Why Trump's Infrastructure Plan Needs Regulatory Technology Reform First (Shutterstock) Senator Dan Sullivan of Alaska, frustrated by the “red tape” of regulatory bottlenecks, has made federal permitting reform a focus of both his legislative agenda and a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed. The senator wants to limit new...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/03/03/ethiopias-cruel-con-game/
Ethiopia's Cruel Con Game
Ethiopia's Cruel Con Game In what could be an important test of the Trump Administration’s attitude toward foreign aid, the new United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, and UN aid chief Stephen O'Brien have called on the international community to give the Ethiopian government another $948 million to assist ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/03/07/digital-privacy-rights-take-a-u-turn-and-congress-needs-to-act/
Digital Privacy Rights Take A U-Turn, And Congress Needs To Act
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/03/21/community-colleges-are-not-the-minor-leagues-anymore/
Community Colleges Are Not The Minor Leagues Anymore
Community Colleges Are Not The Minor Leagues Anymore When I went to the University of Michigan a long time ago, the general view was that community colleges were second-class academic institutions, students going there couldn’t get into four-year schools. Tuition was cheap enough then that a motivated kid could work hi...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/04/24/how-chile-is-building-bridges-of-understanding-with-free-trade/
How Chile Is Building Bridges Of Understanding With Free Trade
How Chile Is Building Bridges Of Understanding With Free Trade Chile's President Michelle Bachelet (Far R) and Chile's Foreign Minister Heraldo Munoz (2nd R) face... [+] Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Brazilian Roberto Azevedo (2nd L) during a meeting at the trade organisation on March 29, 2017 ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/05/12/irans-farce-presidential-election/
Iran's Farce Presidential Election
Iran's Farce Presidential Election Iranian President and presidential candidate Hassan Rouhani waves to the crowd during a campaign... [+] rally in Tehran on May 9, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) On May 19, 2017, Iran will hold elections to determine, among other office holders,...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/05/26/middlemen-are-not-passing-on-all-drug-discounts-intended-for-patients/
Middlemen Are Not Passing On All Drug Discounts Intended For Patients
Middlemen Are Not Passing On All Drug Discounts Intended For Patients Over 400,000 Americans with cancer suffer from a second disease -- "financial toxicity." The symptoms include missed mortgage and rent payments, raided retirement accounts and decisions about whether to take medicines as prescribed or ration them to ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/06/14/by-ignoring-africa-u-s-cedes-jobs-to-china/
By Ignoring Africa, US Cedes Jobs To China
By Ignoring Africa, US Cedes Jobs To China It is old news that China has aggressive commercial ambitions in Africa, but fresh numbers reveal the depth of China’s success—and raise the stakes for U.S. dithering. A recent Ernst & Young report shows that China more than doubled its foreign direct investment (FDI) projects...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/06/29/what-sessions-doesnt-get-narcotics-trafficking-is-a-market/
What Sessions Doesn't Get: Narcotics Trafficking Is A Market
What Sessions Doesn't Get: Narcotics Trafficking Is A Market From the moment he was named Attorney General, Jeff Sessions has signaled his intent to re-start the War on Drugs, using massive federal resources to imprison narcotics traffickers for long terms. His May 10 memo to prosecutors directing them to charge crimes...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/07/05/why-polands-reckless-plan-in-europe-is-counterproductive-to-u-s-security-interests/
Why Poland's Reckless Plan In Europe Is Counterproductive To U.S. Security Interests
Why Poland's Reckless Plan In Europe Is Counterproductive To U.S. Security Interests US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump board Air Force One prior to departure from... [+] Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, July 5, 2017, as they travel on a 4-day trip to Poland and Germany. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Imag...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/07/06/china-set-to-accelerate-life-science-innovation/
China Set To Accelerate Life Science Innovation
China Set To Accelerate Life Science Innovation Rupert Murdoch famously said – to paraphrase – in coming years lots of money will be made in China, all by Chinese people. Whether Murdoch’s nostrum proves correct or not, China’s recent life science policy announcements suggest that the best science and strongest most in...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/07/10/americas-next-energy-crisis/
America's Next Energy Crisis
America's Next Energy Crisis Some disasters arise unexpectedly, like an earthquake or massive storm. Others seem inevitable. Who didn’t see the 2008 financial crisis coming? In hindsight, most of us. In reality, most crises that seem inevitable after the fact often catch nearly all of us by surprise when they occur. Th...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/07/12/does-the-supreme-court-understand-the-innovation-economy/
Does The Supreme Court Understand The Innovation Economy?
Does The Supreme Court Understand The Innovation Economy? Equipment set up by the media sits outside the U.S. Supreme Court June 26, 2017 in Washington, DC.... [+] (Photo by Eric Thayer/Getty Images) In May, the Supreme Court handed down its much-awaited decision in Impression Products v. Lexmark International, substan...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/07/25/repeal-the-cfpbs-anti-consumer-ban-on-mandatory-arbitration-clauses/
Repeal The CFPB's Anti-Consumer Ban On Mandatory Arbitration Clauses
Repeal The CFPB's Anti-Consumer Ban On Mandatory Arbitration Clauses Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Richard Cordray testifies during a hearing... [+] before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee April 7, 2016 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The committee held a hearing on 'The...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/08/11/drain-the-swamp-but-stock-the-pond-at-ftc/
Drain The Swamp, But Stock The Pond At FTC
Drain The Swamp, But Stock The Pond At FTC Shutterstock Efforts by the Trump administration to reduce regulatory burdens on American businesses would be enhanced if the president acts quickly to fill vacant positions at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). My organization, Cause of Action Institute, recently wrote to th...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/08/30/the-truth-about-welfare-reform/
The Truth About Welfare Reform
The Truth About Welfare Reform Gov. Sam Brownback signs a welfare reform bill into law in Topeka, Kan., Thursday, April 16, 2015.... [+] The law tells recipients that they can't use cash assistance from the state to attend concerts, get tattoos or buy lingerie. Although more than 20 states have similar bills, Kansas ap...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/09/12/a-case-against-the-minimum-wage/
A Case Against The Minimum Wage
A Case Against The Minimum Wage In the Sherlock Holmes story A Scandal in Bohemia, Watson is chastised by Holmes for not knowing how many steps there are from the ground level to Holmes’ apartment. After informing Watson that there are 17 steps, he says that Watson’s problem is that he sees but he does not observe. Ber...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/10/24/focus-on-health-coverage-misses-the-point/
Focus On Health Coverage Misses The Point
Focus On Health Coverage Misses The Point Ginger Rae has her blood pressure checked by registered nurse practitioner Rachel Eisenberg during a... [+] checkup at a Planned Parenthood health center on July 13, 2017 in Wellington, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Whenever the newest proposal to overhaul health ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/12/08/pension-reform-comes-in-many-shapes-and-sizes/
Pension Reform Comes In Many Shapes And Sizes
Pension Reform Comes In Many Shapes And Sizes Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder delivers his State of the State address to a joint session of the House... [+] and Senate, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, at the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Al Goldis) Albert Einstein once said we cannot solve our problems with the same leve...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/12/12/obamacare-trumpcare-who-cares/
Obamacare, Trumpcare... Who Cares?
Obamacare, Trumpcare... Who Cares? Trenise Bryant joins others for a protest in front of the office of Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) on... [+] August 3, 2017 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) After years of debate on health care reform, Obamacare is still in limbo. That doesn’t mean that the two partie...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/12/15/a-commonsense-compromise-on-health-care-free-market-coverage-for-everyone/
A Commonsense Compromise On Health Care: Free Market Coverage For Everyone
A Commonsense Compromise On Health Care: Free Market Coverage For Everyone Protesters join together in front of the office of Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) on August 3, 2017 in... [+] Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) With Obamacare self-destructing and a meaningful Republican alternative nowhere on the h...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2018/01/11/rep-barry-loudermilk-avoiding-a-government-shutdown/
Rep. Barry Loudermilk: Avoiding A Government Shutdown
Rep. Barry Loudermilk: Avoiding A Government Shutdown The major discussion on Capitol Hill right now is how to avoid a government shutdown when the current temporary funding ends later this month. Ironically, the answer to this problem is incredibly simple; so simple, in fact, that it’s hard for those who are used to s...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccabagley/2013/05/01/speed-to-market-an-entrepreneurs-view/?sh=1e3d3c043c73
Speed to Market: An Entrepreneur's View
Speed to Market: An Entrepreneur's View Many promising companies in emerging industries struggle to turn prototypes into products that grow their business and create jobs.  They lack the commercialization resources needed to conduct market opportunity assessments, scale-up manufacturing or train employees. This is a gr...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccabagley/2014/03/17/disrupt-your-business-before-someone-else-does/
Disrupt Your Business Before Someone Else Does
Disrupt Your Business Before Someone Else Does If you don’t do it, your competitor will. That was the message former Microsoft COO Bob Herbold delivered to professors, students and business leaders in Cleveland recently. Herbold spoke at the Case School of Engineering’s annual banquet, where he shared his insights ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccabanovic/2019/01/07/bunkers-to-business-how-abandoned-communist-bunkers-are-being-re-purposed-in-albania/
Bunkers To Business: How Abandoned Communist Bunkers Are Being Repurposed In Albania
Bunkers To Business: How Abandoned Communist Bunkers Are Being Repurposed In Albania One of the countless military concrete bunkers or dots in the southern Albania built during the... [+] communist government of Enver Hoxha Getty Littering the Albanian countryside and mountain valleys are hundreds of thousands of litt...