Obama on Reddit, Crowdfunding Guns and Dirty Pictures – The Crowded Room Podcast

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Top Stories Equity-based crowdfunding platform EarlyShares announced today that it acquired HelpersUnite from Crowdnetic. The acquisition of the donation-based platform reflects EarlyShares’ desire to expand its portfolio and jump into the crowdfunding space as soon as it can. EarlyShares CEO Maurice Lopes spoke with Crowdsourcing.org about the deal. OTHER HIGHLIGHTS …

The Koch Brothers, The Cato Institute, And Why Nations Fail

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The Baseline Scenario The Koch Brothers, The Cato Institute, And Why Nations Fail Posted: 08 Mar 2012 02:36 AM PST By Simon Johnson A dispute has broken out between the Cato Institute, a leading libertarian think tank, and two of its longtime backers ? David and Charles Koch. The institute …