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Like financial speculators, the media likes to speculate in hype and sensationalism, dedicated to advancing their goals. Financial speculators do it to make gobs of money, and the media does it to grab eyeballs for their TV shows and newspapers. During the recent Greek debt crisis, both the financial and media speculators acted to put [...]
Ok, there is an argument to be made about how and why some of these US billionaires who have now pledged to give the majority of their personal wealth to charity have become so rich. But on a personal level it is a remarkable move to make and given the sums involved in this unprecedented [...]
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