
Economics
Tennessee’s ELVIS Act becomes law.
Governor Bill Lee signed the Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security (ELVIS) Act, which updates the state’s right of publicity laws that dictate how a person’s likeness can be used. The ELVIS Act expands the law to protect voice, too, in the age of AI clones. In 2023 I wrote about the patchwork system of right of publicity laws in the US. Tennessee — with its significant entertainment industry — has some of the strongest laws in the country.
Report: Michigan women still work harder to earn less than men, but gap is slowly closing • Michigan Advance
Michigan women earn almost 20 cents less per dollar than their male counterparts, while having less opportunity to work full-time. That’s according to the second Women in Michigan Workforce Report, a collaboration of the Michigan Women’s Commission and the Michigan Center for Data and Analytics. Released Monday, the report concluded that while women make up […]
The XYZ’s of Socialism
Preface When a socialist says he wants to give you “the ABC’s of socialism,” you can be sure that’s as far into the alphabet as he’ll want to go. Happy talk, vague promises, political programs, perhaps an angry, envy-soaked tirade or two against the rich—but not much at all about where all that leads. That […]
(20) Ilya Abyzov on X: "A lesson in critical thinking I got in undergrad: Econ 1 prof hands us an article about airlines overbooking & offering money at the gate to bump passengers. Article argues we should ban this. Reasoning is that it’s exploitative: poorer people overwhelmingly more likely to get…" / X
A lesson in critical thinking I got in undergrad: Econ 1 prof hands us an article about airlines overbooking & offering money at the gate to bump passengers. Article argues we should ban this. Reasoning is that it’s exploitative: poorer people overwhelmingly more likely to get… https://t.co/gvipmWUJ7J— Ilya Abyzov (@IlyaAbyzov) March 17, 2024
These Kids Made Their Influencer Parents Wealthy. Will They See a Dime of That Money?
In the unregulated world of vloggers, children are, for the most part, not entitled to a single cent they help earn. We spoke to creators—and the child of a mommy blogger—to understand how this unusual family business actually works.
How Wall Street Is Turning Your Favorite Artist’s Songs Into Bonds
Artists like Tina Turner and Justin Timberlake are part of a multi-billion-dollar market for music royalties that asset managers predict could double or triple in size soon. WSJ’s Dion Rabouin explains Wall Street’s newest fad: music-backed securities. Photo illustration: Noah Friedman/Gary Gershoff/Getty Images