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Price Gouging
By and large economists seem quite opposed to anti-price-gouging laws in the wake of weather-related disasters.
Trust is heritable, whereas distrust is not
"Social scientists have devoted much attention to studying the sources and consequences of the disposition to trust but have only recently begun to investigate the disposition to distrust. An increasing consensus is emerging that distrust is not merely the opposite of trust. ... although both trust and distrust are strongly influenced by the individual’s unique environment, interestingly, trust shows significant genetic influences, whereas distrust does not."
How the AP Stylebook censors 'pro-life' and other conservative words
"The original intent of word preference was to use words that are more neutral than others. But in recent years, that concept has changed."