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News The fifth question: Why is this year’s seder so much more expensive than other seders?
Stan and Esther Morhaime reviewed the receipt on the way back to their car. Their stop at a Los Angeles glatt kosher market was one in a series of several grocery trips they planned to make before they host two seders next week. They had just dropped about $400. Esther said the same items might…
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Culture To understand the GameStop story, watch ‘The Big Short’
So you’re trying to understand the GameStop story, in which a subreddit banded together and managed to bankrupt a hedge fund, causing utter chaos on Wall Street all week. If you’re not involved in finance, it can be pretty confusing, full of jargon like pulling a “short squeeze” and requiring a decent grasp of how…
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News The death of small business is a tragedy for Jewish community and democracy
“Small-scale commercial production is, every moment of every day, giving birth spontaneously to capitalism and the bourgeoisie…wherever there is small business and freedom of trade, capitalism appears.”— V.I. Lenin A great connoisseur as well as sworn enemy of the free market, Vladimir Lenin might smile a bit if he witnessed what is now happening to…
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The Schmooze Economist Joseph Stiglitz goes analog to rebut Trump at Davos in real time
Addressing a packed auditorium in the World Economic Forum in Davos, on the first morning of the conference, President Trump painted a rosy picture of the American economy, crediting his administration’s policies with achieving “an economic boom the likes of which the world has never seen before.” It’s true that unemployment is currently at 3.6%,…
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Fast Forward Steve Mnuchin’s Attempt To Calm Investors About The Economy Totally Backfired
An attempt by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to calm fears of a nose-diving economy backfired Sunday after his statements prompted worry from the very people he was speaking to, Bloomberg reported. In a statement released Sunday afternoon, Mnuchin said he called the CEOs of the country’s six largest banks, and that the CEOs reassured him…
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Fast Forward Economist With Jewish Roots Shares Nobel Prize
(JTA) — William Nordhaus, a Yale University professor with Jewish roots, will share the 2018 Nobel Prize for Economics. Paul Romer, a former World Bank chief economist who is now at New York University’s Stern School of Business, also won the prize. The winners, who will split the $1.1 million award equally, were recognized for…
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Fast Forward Trump Economic Adviser Kudlow In ‘Good’ Condition After Heart Attack
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Top White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow, a staunch defender of President Donald Trump’s tough stance on global trade, was in good condition in a Washington-area hospital after suffering a heart attack, the White House said on Tuesday. Trump announced Kudlow’s heart attack in a tweet sent minutes before he met with…
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