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Mar 22, 2016

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This Election’s Big Question:=What Makes America Great?

Each presidential candid=te has called for the U.S. to live up to its ideals, but just what are tho=e guiding principles — efficiency, justice, tradition, compassion?=It depends who you ask. A Russian on the campaign trail, Leonid=Bershidsky offers an outsider's perspective on the basic ques=ion animating the 2016 race.

How Republicans =icensed Their Brand to Trump

GOP elites may be shocke= that a reality-TV star is within arms' length of winning the presidential=nomination, but Margaret Carlson argues they should have expec=ed it: The party's big-tent approach left it vulnerable to an extremist ta=eover.

Understanding th= Squeeze on Millennials

Have the United States a=d other major economies betrayed their young adults? Noah Smith says there's a strong case that the U.S., at least, has sacrificed i=vestments that would benefit the young so their parents could live more co=fortable lives.

Home Is Where th= Inflation Is

The latest figures show that U.S. house prices exceeded consumer-=rice inflation by 5.9 percent — more than in the European Union or=Japan. Mark Whitehou=e says much of that difference is due to central-bank policy,=but the question remains: What good will it do?

Sorry, Hulk. The=First Amendment Is on Gawker’s Side.

Former pro wrestler Terr= Bollea (better known as Hulk Hogan) won big in his sex-tape lawsuit again=t the website Gawker this past week: A Florida jury awarded him $25 million on Monday, on top of $=15 million on Friday. Noah Feldman says the =ury erred — and shouldn't have decided the case in the first place=

Ritholtz's Reads=/h2>

Warren Buffet= on booms, bubbles and busts (Motley Fool)

Big solar is headed for big things in the U.S. (Vox)

How to transf=rm your coffee into a wonder drug (Bloomberg)

(Read Barry Ritholtz's full daily news roundup.)<=span>

Why Apple's i=hone SE will triumph in China

Want to shrink banks? Try greed.

For HSBC, a French flirtation might freshen things up<=li>

(Read more from BV=s sister site for fast business commentary.)<=p>

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