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It is true that while all jobs are a cost, some of them are at least worth the expense of having them done. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Believe it or not, jobs are an economic cost, not a benefit

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Capitalist market systems improved productivity, socialist planned ones did not. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Dear Bernie Bros: It’s not about socialism or capitalism, it’s about markets

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Krugman got not only the size of an economic effect wrong, but the direction too. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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Paul Krugman messed up his tax reform analysis, unsurprisingly

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It just isn't possible to produce skilled labor out of a hat if it is done directly by the government. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
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Canceling the Whitefish contract won’t rebuild Puerto Rico’s power lines any faster

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The slavery claim is being reported widely, but the original comes from Deutsche Welle reporting on a documentary. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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No, your Haribo gummy bears weren’t made by slaves

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Lombardy Region President Roberto Maroni speaks during a news conference at the Lombardy Region headquarters, in Milan, Italy, Monday, Oct. 23, 2017. The presidents of Italy's wealthy northern regions of Veneto and Lombardy on Sunday claimed victory in autonomy referendums that seek to grab additional powers and tax revenue from Rome, riding a global tide of self-determination that has swamped Spain's Catalonia region. In the background the results under the Yes(Si) read 95.3%. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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Europe’s nation states are falling to pieces — maybe

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FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015, file photo, Abdul Qadir Timor, director of archaeology at the Ministry of Information and Culture, left, looks at the view of Mes Aynak valley, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan. The Afghan government is trying to grab President Donald Trump's attention by dangling its massive, untouched wealth of minerals, including lithium, the silvery metal used in mobile phone and computer batteries considered essential to modern life. But tapping into that wealth, which also includes coal, copper, rare earths and far more, is likely a long way off, with security worsening the past year and Trump's policy on the war still not known. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, file)
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Trump’s excuse for staying in Afghanistan (mining minerals) is a massive mistake

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Harvey Weinstein's Hollywood is a world of comically unbalanced supply and demand: hordes of actors and filmmakers but few parts and places for them in the industry. (Photo by Colin Young-Wolfe/Invision for The Hollywood Reporter/AP Images)
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Why sexual harassment is more prevalent in Hollywood than other industries

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It isn't that people shouldn't have contraception, it's that the economic model of insurance isn't the correct method of providing it. (iStock photo)
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Using health insurance to pay for birth control is insane

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Packages riding on a belt are scanned at the Amazon Fulfillment center in Robbinsville Township, N.J., Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. It's rumored that Amazon has plans to move into the prescription drug market. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Amazon’s prescription drug plans could overwhelm Warren Buffet’s moat

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