WHAT’S WRONG WITH JOBLESS BENEFITS: We’ve been extending unemployment benefits for the long-term unemployed for years now. This has provided needed relief to the jobless but it is very likely contributing to the problem of unemployment. Jobless benefits, especially as ours are currently structured, tend to create unemployment. Instead of doing the same thing we’ve been doing—extending unemployment benefits—and expecting different results, it’s time to rethink unemployment benefits. Read more
OKLAHOMA DRONES: HERE WE COME: Oklahoma is positioning itself as one of the future hubs of the budding U.S. commercial drone industry. The buzz around commercial drones grew to a steady hum, after Amazon chairman Jeff Bezos went on CBS’s “60 Minutes” and talked up the possibility of delivering Amazon packages by drone in the future. While the interview captured the public’s imagination, a lot needs to happen before there is a viable commercial drone business in America. Read more
WILL THE GRIM TAPER BE A BODY BLOW TO THE WEALTHY?: If the Fed dials back next year, interest rates could drift higher. The wealthy, who hold most of the stocks, would bear the brunt of the hit. Read more
CEO IN CUFFS? 2014 WALL STREET CRIME PREDICTIONS: With the markets and the economy rebounding and the tide rising, will white collar watchdogs get a rest in 2014? Read more
THE CASHLESS THREAT: As we move closer to being a cashless society, there’s a real threat to civil liberities. In fact, it could be one of the greatest – and least expected – threats to freedom we have every encountered in human history. Read more
STOCKS END LOWER FOR THIRD DAY; DOW FALLS TRIPLE DIGITS FOR SECOND SESSION: Read more
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