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levidesmond69
@levidesmond69 May 26, 2026, 8:08 AM UTC

Would You Rather Buy Heroin or Hire a Hitman?

If you ask most economists their view on morality, most will point to it as a simple external rule or a fixed rule that restricts people's behavior in a market. But in a nutshell, our feelings of gui…

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@levidesmond69 May 24, 2026, 4:41 AM UTC

The rapid rise of Homeschooling and Why its a Financial Win-Win

Pulling a child out of traditional education is assumed to be a big financial trade-off for parents, but looking beneath the surface there are hidden benefits, which makes home education a win-win si…

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@levidesmond69 Apr 7, 2026, 2:41 AM UTC

McDonald’s and KFC Chinese expansion

While many Western brands are scaling back global operations, McDonald’s and Yum China (KFC) are currently executing their most aggressive expansion strategies in history. Here is an analysis of how…

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@levidesmond69 Apr 3, 2026, 6:32 AM UTC

Is War Quietly Rewriting Africa’s Future—And Not the Way You Think?

When headlines talk about a potential war with Iran, the focus is predictable, missiles, oil prices, global instability. But beneath the noise, something less obvious is happening. Africa is not just…

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@levidesmond69 Mar 23, 2026, 7:57 AM UTC

Will the U.S. Dollar Lose Its Reserve Currency Status?

Will the U.S. Dollar Lose Its Reserve Currency Status? If you study history long enough, one thing becomes clear: no dominant power stays on top forever. The Dutch had it. The British had it. And now…

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@levidesmond69 Mar 20, 2026, 8:18 PM UTC

Zara Just Became Something More Dangerous

Most people think about Zara, and all that comes to their mind is cheaper clothes, faster trends, and better marketing. But that’s surface-level thinking. What is really happening here is something d…

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@levidesmond69 Feb 14, 2026, 4:39 AM UTC

Why Bigger Packs Cost Less per Unit: An Economic View of Marginal Utility in Everyday Pricing

Firms don’t literally calculate Marginal Utility = Price (Mu=P) for each bottle or product. But it's clear that pricing strategies strongly reflect the law of diminishing marginal utility, consumer s…

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@levidesmond69 Jan 6, 2026, 8:16 AM UTC

Content Creation Isn’t King Anymore — It’s the Entire Kingdom

For a long time, I used to roll my eyes when people said “content creation is king.” It sounded exaggerated. Trendy. Overused. But today? That phrase doesn’t even go far enough. Content creation is n…

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@levidesmond69 Dec 20, 2025, 8:21 PM UTC

The battle of who owns your attention

Everyone must have seen Netflix vs. Paramount headlines with $100bn on the table, with Warner Bros. Discovery caught in the middle like a prize. This isn’t a battle for Warner Bros. As a matter of fa…

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@levidesmond69 Dec 19, 2025, 9:46 PM UTC

America’s Quiet Takeover of the World’s Loudest App

The whole TikTok saga wasn’t about national security. Not really, but it was about control, and America doesn’t like what it can’t supervise. Think about it. TikTok didn’t just become popular; it bec…

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