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Data manipulation in autocratic developing economies could be an important source of income “convergence” over the last 2 decades: "A study of lights at night suggests dictators lie about economic growth... Satellite data hints at the scale of their deception" https://t.co/Sk2QGRRJwS
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The current minimum liability insurance requirements for commercial freight trucking carriers is $750,000, and has not increased since it was first implemented in 1980. Adjusting for inflation, this amount is over $2.8 million in 2022 dollars. This is woefully inadequate in cases with fatalities or debilitating injuries, especially considering skyrocketing medical costs over the past 40 years. This creates a low barrier to entry for new, poorly-equipped motor carriers and reduces the incentives for the insurance industry to play a larger role in motor carrier safety through underwriting.
Victims and Elected Officials Fight for Truck Safety on Capitol Hill
Brian Goggin
All doormen, for example, and all policemen have by now, for me, become exactly the same, and my style with them is designed simply to intimidate them before they can intimidate me. No doubt I am guilty of some injustice here, but it is irreducible, since I cannot risk assuming that the humanity of these people is more real to them than their uniforms. Most Negroes cannot risk assuming that the humanity of white people is more real to them than their color.
The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin
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