2021

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  Visionaries, Architects Think “Big”

  A billionaire envisions a new city in the American desert.
   
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  Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble

  The “everything” bubble is expanding.
   
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  Sweet Tooths

  U.S. sugar consumption is under scrutiny again.
   
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  You Can’t Do That Anymore

  Around the world, democracy is under fire.
   
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  Mars or Bust

  Countries are piling on to the space-race bandwagon.
   
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  Marijuana Laws & Markets – Is There Really a Connection?

  When you think about the war on drugs, the stock market probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. Yet society’s tolerance of marijuana has followed the stock market’s waves for decades. See a hundred years of history on one chart in this clip from the Pop Trends Price Culture videocast.
   
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  “Fedtastic” Voyage

  There is really nothing new at the Federal Reserve.
   
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  Broken Barriers

  Heavy rains test Europe’s flood defenses.
   
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  Not in the Mood for War

  Biden: War in Afghanistan “not in the national interest.”
   
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  It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This!

  Social mood is fueling perceptions of “thriving.”