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Entrepreneurial greed is why we have iPhones, refrigerators, cars that usually work, supermarkets that stay open all night, ...

Politicians bash businesses. “Stop the greed!” shouts Sen. Bernie Sanders. Many Republicans are equally ignorant. When some Florida businesses raised prices in response to sudden demand during a ...

Some rich people got absurdly rich. So what? The poor got richer, too. Quietly, capitalism, harnessing individuals’ greed, ...

"Being selfish is not the same as being an a--hole," responds Brook. It's just following "your rational, long term, self-interest. ... Her philosophy is smeared because it goes against 2,000 years of ...

Harvard University has hired another law firm to help it navigate a U.S. House investigation into its response to claims of ...

Mitch McConnell is pushing back against President Trump’s most controversial nominees, becoming an unlikely — and sometimes ...

Legislators in Ohio and Mississippi want to fine men up to around $10,000 if they’re caught doing so. A draft bill was released in Ohio this week, seeking to make ejaculation without the intent of ...

“Being selfish is not the same as being an a–hole,” responds Brook. It’s just following “your rational, long term, ...

The proposed Ohio law sets out to be merciful for male seed offenders. Those arrested on a first offence will only be fined $A1600. This rises to $A8000 for the second, and $A16,000 for the third. The ...

The U.S. Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Thursday in a 52-48 vote to oversee 80,000 employees and a $1.7 trillion annual budget as President Trump’s secretary of health and human services. But ...