Legalize it, tax it, and then use that money to create a functional public healthcare system. This opinion article should have added in that idea.

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Market Watch

(note: legal pot is not brown)

Why is that? Well… dude has a supermodel wife, an ill publishing company, and a stellar art foundation in Greenwich, CT. Oh, and he’s also the owner (?) of OJ’s infamous White Ford Bronco. Respect.

Peep a couple photos of Nate Lowman’s new show I wanted to be an artist but all I got was this lousy career at The Brant Foundation after the jump.

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One 23-year old’s life as a Financial Dominatrix

NYC to DC: A true picture of the United States economy.

Photographs by Pieter Hugo, music by Ad-Rock.

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Helmut Newton

A documentary about “a group of proud Scottish homeowners take on celebrity tycoon Donald Trump as he buys up one of Scotland’s last wilderness areas to build a golf resort.”

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The $5,000-7,000 estimate that this piece carries just seems waaaaaay too low.

Natadora by Margaret Kilgallen

Up for auction through Doyle New York

Back in 2009: “Between the hours of 1:22 a.m. and 3:41 a.m., Senior broker Steve Perkins gradually bought 69 percent of the global oil market… driving prices up from $71.40 to $73.05.”

He was blackout drunk.

Classy incentives.

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NYT: Success of Crowdfunding Puts Pressure on Entrepreneurs

How to Sell Drugs in NYC, an in-depth look from Vice.

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How Skateboarders Spend Their Money

Illustration by Michael Giurato

How much an artist gets paid per stream on Spotify.

Partially itemized if you’re into that sort of thing.

Great slang from Jack Spade

The wildly secretive world of the Tootsie Roll empire.

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Warren Sapp’s Bankruptcy Auction

LimoLand makes a lot of fun clothing.