Headlines

[Jeff] Flake floats GOP primary run against Trump: 'Someone has to run'

Trump's trade war could dent China's domestic consumption, dragging down the rest of Asia

Malibu apocalypse, stars flee [wildfire]

Fraud expert: Florida election official allowed illegal aliens, felons to vote

Trump, without evidence, accuses Democrats of 'election theft' in Florida Senate race

The 'world's first' A.I. news anchor has gone live in China

114,637,000 Americans in households getting gov't assistance ...

Michael Moore: 'Preventing black people from voting' only way GOP can win

Trump calls Macron's comments on building a European army to defend against U.S. 'Insulting'

White House trade advisor Navarro says China trade deal will be on Trump's terms, not Wall Street's

Deems plan most aggressive gun-control legislation in decades ...

Update: Presidential proclamation bars illegal immigrants from full amnesty

Cost-Benefit

Economists often believe that they have the answers when it comes to trade offs between what things cost and the benefits derived therefrom. Well, Mr. Adam Smith, please explain the following head-scratchiers when it comes to such cost-benefit analyses that some people make:

- A Jackson Pollack "dribble" painting

- A Malibu monster beach house

- Tickets in the nose-bleed section of a December Minnesota Vikings home game

- Shares of Tesla stock

- A pre-paid future ride on a Richard Branson or Elon Musk "spaceship"

- A $100 per shot drink of 40-year-old single-malt Scotch whisky

- An Apple-Watch

- A Honus Wagner baseball card

- A cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin

- An Aston-Martin One ($1.4M)

- A luxury condo in Hong Kong

Headlines

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Trump says Wall Street Journal 'doesn't understand business'

Two Malibu property owners fined $5.1 million for blocking access to public beach

Biden on future leaders of Dem Party: Obama, Pelosi, Schumer and me

Amazon workers sleeping in tents outside facility ... sick staff face sack

Berlin's new Secretary of State: Pro-Sharia conservative Muslim

Mexico's war on drugs turns ten ... 100,000 dead, 30,000 missing ...

Trump 'originals' say they're getting frozen out

Million dollar dinosaur skeleton sells at auction ...

Endogan says some Greek islands really should belong to Turkey

Rand Paul threatens to block Bolton nomination

FBI counters CIA on Russian influence on election

Denmark to take valuables from migrants to cover costs