British shares drift lower as Royal Mail falls – Reuters UK

Reuters UK British shares drift lower as Royal Mail fallsReuters UKRoyal Mail declined by 3.1 percent – the worst performing FTSE stock in percentage terms – after investment bank JP Morgan cut its rating to "neutral" from "overweight". Fresh signs of economic weakness in China, the world's biggest consumer of …

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Why Social Insurance Is a Necessary Part of Capitalism

In the last presidential election, Republicans went to war against the safety net. Led by Mitt Romney, conservatives argued that programs such as Medicare, food stamps, unemployment compensation, free school lunches, low income housing, and child care assistance create a dependency on government that blunts or eliminates the incentive to …

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