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Anthropologist David Graeber responds to critics who insist that money evolved from barter, a claim with important implications for the discipline of economics, 'human nature', and the possibility of societies without commodities or market exchange.

We're witnessing the irresponsible sacrifice of our nation’s long-term economic health to whimsical social reform.

I don’t remember when I first became aware of bitcoin. I do recall that I have always had a favorable view of it; that is, I had a favorable view of the concept of a cryptocurrency at least in the sense of competing currencies following Hayek (and Rothbard). Nonetheless, I never acted on this view until a few months ago. Herein I discuss my experience very much as a neophyte, and what this perhaps typical experience portends for the future of bitcoin and Bitcoin.The words bitcoin and Bitcoin a...

A 31 year old man who behaved erratically on Francis Street in Dundalk and made rude gestures to Garda CCTV, last week apologised at the local district court fo...

Significant numbers of police officers are refusing to get vaccinated, despite COVID-19 becoming the leading cause for line-of-duty deaths.

Chicago has once again implemented an indoor mask requirement as the Biden administration announces a COVID-19 booster shot will be available for Americans starting in September. We talk to infectious disease expert Dr. Robert Murphy about the latest guidelines.

Nursing home operators worry that if they order staff to get shots, some will quit and work elsewhere, so they would prefer having a standard for everyone to follow.

At the close, the UK blue-chip index was 28.74 points, or 0.4% higher at 7,161.04, just below the day’s peak of 7,166.07

The move comes as COVID-19 cases once again spike nationwide, and some experts say they expect mask mandates, not just recommendations, to return in Chicago and elsewhere. “There’s going to be mandates. Mixed groups will have to wear masks indoors at least, maybe even sometimes outdoors, it really remains to be seen” said Dr. Robert Murphy, director of the Institute for Global Health at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Chicago is currently averaging 185 daily COVID...

(WBNG) -- In this edition of "You Ask, We Answer," 12 News spoke with Robert Murphy, the Director of the Broome-Tioga Workforce to talk about why job recruitment has been a challenge during the pandemic. Murphy said one reason for this is due to pandemic unemployment benefits. He said some people are actually making more money off of the benefits than they would at a job which lowers the desire to work. Benefits in New York State expire on Sept. 5 and with that deadline around the corner, Mur...