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From the article: "On average, the marijuana users who participated in the study consumed the drug three times per day."

^ Of course there's a brain decline if you smoke it 3 times a day. That's being perpetually high. If you drink alcohol heavily 3 times a day you'll also decline pretty rapidly.

Because only the rich can evade taxes in this way. Which means the middle class ends up paying a disproportionate amount of tax. Which is unfair.

Uber is proving to be one very shitty organization.

I think this is largely a hoax and they already have access to the said data.

That's hardly surprising. Those who sold Africans into slavery were often other Africans.

The UK does not tax worldwide income. In fact, if you hold your money in an offshore account, you can declare yourself a "non-domiciled" UK person. This special category exempts you from all tax on foreign income in exchange for a small fee.

It is not for no reason that every corrupt Russian oligarch and oil baron and African dictator flocks to London.

It is hard to justify this prize as anything but a popularity prize.

It is fundamentally oppressive and undemocratic to deny free men the chance to voluntary come together to collectively bargain for their rights.

This collective bargaining is called a union.

What is your problem with a group of people choosing to organize this way?

Yes, but at the same time there are many more hedge funds canceling out the relative advantage of each trader.

Your argument is predicated on the assumption that the rich use their wealth only for the "important forms" you mention. What you don't mention is how they are able to influence the political arena with their wealth. The influence of politics by a few is a very natural consequence of massive inequality, and is a zero-sum game. More political influence of the wealthy means less political influence of the poor.

You cannot divorce the economy from politics.