This week a vial containing Ronald Reagan's blood was donated to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation. Initially, it was to have been sold through a...
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This weekend on Day 6, Brent speaks with Caitlin Kline, a former credit derivatives trader now working with the Occupy Wall Street off-shoot, Occupy The SEC. Along...
The Royal Canadian Mint is considering a cashless Canadian future. They've experimenting with something they call MintChip, a digital-only form of currency that might be the future...
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The Royal Canadian Mint announced last week it intends to introduce a new, digital-only form of currency for Canadians. It's called MintChip and it could...
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This week five of America's biggest banks agreed to $26 billion settlement package to help homeowners who have been foreclosed or are drowing in mortgage...
Thinking about buying some Facebook stock when shares start trading? Sure, it sounds like a good bet, given the growth and world-wide popularity of Facebook...but is...
Picture a Brothers Grimm-type fable that tells the tale of the European economic crisis. Now set it to music. That will give you some idea of Eurocrash! the...
(image: German mag Bild made this photomorph of French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chanceller Angela Merkel)Merkozy - the delightful portmanteau for European Union power...
The Big 6: Flameout Egypt's Disappointment CFL Scuffle Cell Phone Spying Rethink: Collaborative Capitalism Cirque's Elvis Spiked Occupy Christmas...
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In Part 3 of our Rethink Economics series, Yochai Benkler argues that collaboration is the key to innovation and enterprise. Benkler teaches law and co-directs...