Mark Cuban says baby boomers went from “fighting the man” to becoming what they’d hated in the 60s and 70s. Last week, the billionaire said on a podcast that he believes Gen-Z is the “greatest” generation. Cuban said Zoomers have a greater consideration for mental health and are changing the workplace. Billionaire investor and baby boomer Mark Cuban dubbed his generation “disappointing” in a tweet on Sunday. The 64-year-old billionaire made the comment in response to another Twitter user who… Source link
Read More »Lawsuits accuse George Foreman of sexually assaulting 2 teenage girls in 70s
George Foreman has been accused of sexual assault by two women. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images for Houston Sports Awards) Former boxing heavyweight champion George Foreman has been accused of sexually assaulting two women when they were teenagers and below the age of consent during the 1970s in a pair of lawsuits, according to The New York Times. The two women, now in their early 60s, reportedly both claim to have met Foreman when they were under 10 years old. One accuser’s father was… Source link
Read More »Economists look to the early ’70s for hints of a post-Roe America
In 1970, five states — Alaska, California, Hawaii, New York, and Washington — stepped to the front of that era’s abortion debate and legalized the elective version of the procedure. The Supreme Court extended those rights across the country just three years later with the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, which found the Constitution’s guarantee of privacy protects the right to an abortion. Today, economists are keenly focused on that three-year window for hints as to what might happen if… Source link
Read More »That 70’s show? Oil dredges up new fears about an old problem: Morning Brief
This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Thursday, September 30, 2021 Once again, Wall Street is worried about slowing growth and relentless inflation. In the wake of this week’s run up in oil, which coincided with energy crunches in China and the U.K., a certain word associated with slowing growth and higher inflation — popularized during a particularly rough stretch nearly 50 years… Source link
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