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Three economists with new books discuss how to revive economic growth. Mark Skousen has long advocated a new measure of the economy called Gross Output (GO) as a more comprehensive measure of the economy than GDP, a valuable tool in analyzing the business cycle, and a better picture of what drives the economy, and now the federal government has begun publishing that statistic. Steve Forbes calls for patient-centered health care, a flat tax, and sound money as the keys to reform. George Gilder proposes... Читать дальше...

In this week's news, John McEnroe's Hamptons home is on the market for purchase.

MLB.com really wants to give away $5.6 million. But there’s a catch: To claim the prize, one needs to participate in Major League Baseball’s Beat the Streak contest and assemble a batting streak that surpasses Joe DiMaggio’s run of 56 consecutive games in 1941. This isn't easy.

"Money Monster" actress Caitriona Balfe discusses the film, which premieres on May 13, with WSJ's Christopher John Farley. Photo: Sony Pictures

At YouTube we care about the quality of the pixels we deliver to our users. With many millions of devices uploading to our servers every day, the content variability is so huge that delivering an acceptable audio and video quality in all playbacks is a considerable challenge. Nevertheless, our goal has been to continuously improve quality by reducing the amount of compression artifacts that our users see on each playback. While we could do this by increasing the bitrate for every file we create... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK – DECEMBER 06: Actress Ellen Barkin attends a special screening of “A Single Man” hosted by The Cinema Society and Bing at MOMA on December 6, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for The Weinstein Company)

Excerpts from the Red Folder

To mark the tenth anniversary of the Cato Daily Podcast, Cato Institute president Peter Goettler talks with host Caleb O. Brown.

Exclusive: Historians now believe they know why the Romans moved the capital from Colchester

Baking intensifies the flavor of the feta, making it a good match for the sweet honey and spice that are drizzled on the base salad of arugula, red onion and oranges.

Three opens from Silicon Valley. Courtesy HBO.

The crew behind the snowboarding series Higher TV went to some incredible lengths to get footage of Jeremy Jones plunging down snowy cliffs in the Himalayas, Wyoming and Alaska.

Luis Suárez leads with a second-half double as Barça stay atop the league table heading into the final game of the season In their final home game of the season on Sunday, FC Barcelona treated their fans to an enthralling afternoon of football. With the team inching ever closer to wrapping up the 2015/16 La … Continue reading FC Barcelona v RCD Espanyol: One game away

A nightclub has been told to clean up its act after a string of violent clashes by drunk clubbers at the exclusive celebrity haunt.

Thursday, May 12, 2016

Today Mayor Edwin M. Lee and the United Way of the Bay Area, along with City Departments and private sector employers, kicked off the Mayor’s Youth Jobs+ 2016 initiative, challenging employers of both large and small companies to create jobs, internships and paid job training for San Francisco youth (ages 14-24 years old). Now in its fifth year, the initiative connects young people, particularly low-income and disconnected San Francisco youth with San Francisco employers... Читать дальше...

by Aqueila Lewis, Oakland Voices Aqueila Lewis and Adonis “Mr. Birch” Walker work together to record a spoken word piece. Photo courtesy of Oakland Voices. This is my grandmother’s story as much as it is mine. I lived with her, Attaway, on 2657 67th Avenue from August 2006 to May 2012 and enjoyed every minute of it. But, a series of events killed my joy. My Grandmommy became a victim of predatory lending, the mortgage ballooned and on January 25, 2012 she lost her home of over 40 years to foreclosure. Читать дальше...

Rick Berman, founder of Berman and Company, discusses how to "change the conversation" and the myriad candidate missteps in the 2016 election season.