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Check cashing, as a business, is a poorly understood "alternative" financial service.

For most of human history, it was very hard to determine whether what someone told us was true. Should we believe them? The answer came down to several factors: does the claim make sense with what we already believed to … Continue reading →

The claim that a large increase in the number of migrants gaining entry at the southern border is an “invasion” is constitutional nonsense.

Errors with spreadsheets are not only frustrating but can have serious consequences.

Incarcerated Alabamans “are trapped in this labor trafficking scheme,” a new federal class action lawsuit says.

A new report lays out two very different paths forward.

Spotting sketchy people quickly

The inevitable return of child labor in the West.

The shark's fin in the water

They sound warm and welcoming, but they're secretly used to subjugate workers.

Our World in Data’s Sustainable Development Goals Tracker

East India Company founded — 1600 Shakespeare – Hamlet published 1603 England starting to settle America – 1607 in Virginia, assorted, you could add Harvard here as well King James Bible – 1611 The beginnings of steady economic growth – 1620 (Greg Clark, JPE) Rule of law ideas, common law ideas, Sir Edward Coke – […]

Eight ways to hide an asset

Mass layoffs at Microsoft mean workers have to pick up the pieces

Some people say it now annoys them to have any plans on the weekend. They instead prefer to spend it recharging their social batteries.

Nearly a century after a landmark psychology study was conducted, we revisit its findings — with your help!

AI stealing our work. The collapse of social networks. The need to pay journalists to produce impactful journalism. Here is why we are asking for your email address to read 404 Media.

The entire legal immigration system is actually designed not to be followed by most people, but to keep most people out.

Gavin Newsom has turned the Golden State into a woke dystopia.

Beneath the pretense of benevolence lurks savage conquest.