According to Ms. Mettler and Mr. Brown, two main forces drove this widening. First, the economic fortunes of urban and rural America have diverged sharply. … The second large force driving the urban-rural political divide, the authors argue, is the growing nationalization of policy, which many rural Americans view as efforts by educated urban Americans…
Soon after meeting him, Apple began hiring employees from his company, Masimo Corp., including engineers and its chief medical officer.– the wall street journal 2023. 4. 20. 애플이 당신네 기술에 관심이 있다며 연락을 해 온 뒤 자신의 회사 직원들을 빼갔다는 내용의 기사다. 기사 제목은 When Apple Comes Calling, ‘It’s the Kiss of Death’. 애플이 전화를…
The centrist group No Labels is expected to push forward Friday with plans to pick an independent “unity” ticket for the presidential election, according to people familiar with its plans.– the wall street journal 2024. 3. 8. 미국에는 정치적으로 공화당과 민주당 사이의 중간적인 입장을 취하고 있는 노 래이블즈라는 단체가 있다. 이 단체가 오는 대통령 선거에서…
One puzzle is why consumers have played ball. Usually, economists would expect any business that raised its prices to lose customers to competitors that don’t, or not by as much. But these aren’t normal times. In rare situations—such as an economy’s reopening after a pandemic—widespread knowledge that costs are rising allows businesses to raise their…
In 58 years of Berkshire management, most of my capital-allocation decisions have been no better than so-so. In some cases, also, bad moves by me have been rescued by very large doses of luck. (Remember our escapes from near-disasters at USAir and Salomon? I certainly do.) Our satisfactory results have been the product of about…
But while dispensaries have proliferated across the country, the pot industry faces an obstacle: The federal government still classifies cannabis among the most deadly of narcotics, alongside heroin and LSD. Looking for a remedy, a raft of reefer businesses have turned to superlawyer David Boies, who on Thursday sued Attorney General Merrick Garland, seeking to…
Men and women who buy into the soulmate model appear more likely to end up divorced. This was apparent in the 2019 California Family Survey, conducted by YouGov for the Institute for Family Studies, which asked 918 husbands and wives aged 18 to 50 to describe their approach to marriage and family life.– the wall…
Some would, for instance, tell me about the admiration they had for the military, or how trade schools were just as respectable as college, or how college was not necessary to be successful. But when I asked them if they would encourage their own children to enlist or become a plumber or an electrician rather…
Pope Francis, who famously loves babies and has encouraged mothers to feel comfortable breastfeeding during Mass, seems to agree. In 2014 he said, “It really irritates me when I see a child crying in church and someone says they must go out. God’s voice is in a child’s tears.”– the wall street journal 2024. 2….