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On February 5, 1958, a U.S. Air Force B-47 Stratojet bomber collided in mid-air with an F-86 Sabre fighter jet near Tybee Island and Savannah, Georgia. The crew requested permission to jettison the bomb, in order to reduce weight and prevent the weapon from...
The other day, my wife made me a sandwich, and I ate it. Who benefitted from this transaction? I enjoyed the good, but my wife did all the work. I like to think I benefitted from the transaction. It’s in the enjoyment of a good that’s the benefit of the good. The...
If you feel like the headlines about Ukraine, Russia, and “energy deals” never add up, you’re not imagining it. We sit down with Larry Johnson to separate political theater from the underlying mechanics that actually move wars and markets and to ask why so many public...
