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Industry 4.0 - Germany's 4th industrial revolution - YouTube

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Trump’s Deficits Are an Existential Threat to Conservatism

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/29/opinion/budget-deficit-republicans.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

The Way We Measure the Economy Obscures What Is Really Going On

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/28/opinion/economic-growth-statistics.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
POSSIBLE JANUS QUIZ QUESTIONS 1. Why do lay people and economists differ on the value of trade? 2. What are some of the consequences of the US trading with the rest of the world going forward?  3. What is the Laffer curve?  What impact has it had on US economic policy? 4. How did leverage, volatility, moral hazard,  algorithms, and corruption play into creating the Great Recession? 5. Was the draft an example of government failure?

Obama’s UIC speech

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Tech Giants Shift Profits to Avoid Taxes. There’s a Plan to Stop Them

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/09/us/politics/tech-giants-taxes-oecd.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

The Rich Really Do Pay Lower Taxes Than You

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/06/opinion/income-tax-rate-wealthy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

We Were Wiped Out’: New Yorkers Preyed on Chicago Cabbies

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/04/nyregion/taxi-medallions-chicago.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share