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The state and local tax deduction, a write-off that primarily benefits higher-income Americans living in high-tax areas, was one of the most disputed provisions of Trump’s tax-and-spend bill. The law ...

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In 1785 English philosopher Jeremy Bentham designed the perfect prison: Cells circle a tower from which an unseen guard can observe any inmate at will. As far as a prisoner knows, at any given time, ...

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More than 580 staffers have already been dismissed, with more possible. Firings at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will have reverberating impacts on how meteorologists across the ...

From mountain-top wind turbines in Norway to rooftop solar panels in Australia, renewable energy is flooding into power networks like never before. Because the output from these new sources fluctuates ...

Early retirement isn’t exclusively for the rich. Many people, particularly followers of the FIRE movement – short for Financial Independence, Retire Early – use a couple of key calculations to ...