"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •15 mins | 1,969.60 | -25.90 | -1.30% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 1,003.50 | -6.60 | -0.65% |
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WTI Crude •1 day | 71.74 | +1.64 | +2.34% |
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Gasoline •1 day | 2.501 | +0.065 | +2.65% |
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Ethanol •1 day | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •15 mins | 23.75 | -0.24 | -1.00% |
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Silver • 15 mins | 23.75 | -0.24 | -1.00% | |
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Copper • 15 mins | 3.728 | +0.017 | +0.44% | |
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Brent Crude • 1 day | 76.13 | +1.85 | +2.49% | |
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Natural Gas • 1 day | 2.172 | +0.014 | +0.65% | |
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Heating Oil • 1 day | 2.357 | +0.042 | +1.82% |
Alex Epstein
Contributor since: 26 Feb 2010
Biography
Alex Epstein is an analyst at the Ayn Rand Institute, focusing on business issues. The Institute promotes Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand -- author of "Atlas Shrugged" and "The Fountainhead."
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Misrepresenting "How We Arrived at This Moment"
What must be done to recover from this financial crisis? Barack Obama rightly stresses that we first must understand how today's problems emerged. It is…
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Retire Social Security: Social Security Is Morally Bankrupt
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An Open Letter to Borrowers and Lenders: Take Responsibility for Your Decisions
Throughout the housing crisis, we have heard demands from spokesmen for desperate homeowners, banks, and investors for every variety of government bailout. But there is…
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Investigate Big Congress, Not Big Oil
With gasoline prices exceeding $4 a gallon in some states, politicians are responding as usual: Blame Big Oil First. Several prominent senators have once again…
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Set Yahoo Free
April 29, 2008 Yahoo! (YHOO) recently released its first-quarter earnings numbers, and neither the market nor analysts were impressed. What will be the company's next…
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