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"That's another margin upon which the gains from trade occur in terms of communicating ideas across borders that might be tacit, and that's one of the reasons why I believe that export subsidies are not isomorphic to import barriers like tariffs, in spite of the Lerner symmetry," Decker said.

The greater Los Angeles office rental market started the year with a turbulent first quarter and historically high vacancies as tenant demand was persistently soft in spite of more robust return-to-office policies coming from managers.

Dressed in a form-fitting Nudie-style suit in spite of the 100-degree heat, Shaboozey brought an hour of country music to Coachella on Sunday afternoon, two weeks before he’s booked for the festival’s country cousin, Stagecoach.

Manufacturing jobs, though far outnumbered by hospitality jobs, still pay much more—in spite of the GOP’s efforts to crush unions, worker protections, and so on.

To be joyful, to laugh, to stay quirky in spite of everything, is a supreme act of defiant survival.