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For almost two decades, hackers with Snake have been forcing their way into government networks. Who they work for, though, has always been a matter of pure speculation. But reporters with the German public broadcasters BR and WDR have discovered some clues, and they lead to Russia.

The FTC’s very young new boss thinks corporations such as Facebook are abusing their power. To fight them, she’s consolidating some clout of her own.

The assumption that Adam Smith accepted inequality as the necessary trade-off for a more prosperous economy is wrong, writes Deborah Boucoyannis. In reality, Smith’s system precluded steep inequali…

In the 18th century, a new Protestant belief that people have control over their destinies fostered the rise of free-market ideas.