Art and Culture
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The Lesson of The Lorax Isn’t What You Think
Property rights are an excellent way to ensure wise stewardship of natural resources.
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Gen-Z YouTuber Hammers Home Financial Responsibility
Foul-mouthed and fiery, Caleb Hammer is bringing sound financial advice and personal accountability to the YouTube-TikTok generation.
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Burnt Toast, Stoics, and Finding Growth in Small Frustrations
A viral mental habit about burnt toast echoes Stoic philosophy: adversity — no matter how small — is an opportunity to practice discipline, perspective, and self-mastery.
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Mega-Events, Minimal Returns: The High Cost of Hosting Global Spectacles
Olympics and World Cups are sold as drivers of jobs and tourism, but data show they often produce financial losses and crowd out better investments.
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You Can’t Plan the Next Play-Doh: Unexpected Discovery Drives Tomorrow’s Jobs
A failed wallpaper cleaner became a global toy — and a case study in job creation. Consumer tastes, not policy prescriptions, continually reinvent our economy.
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Reflections on Saturday Morning TV—and The Regulations That Ended It
Though Saturday morning television is gone, the regulatory complex it spawned remains.
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The Year of Adam Smith: Why the Savvy Scotsman Remains So Important
Smith’s work shaped modern political economy, and his insights into human cooperation remain as relevant today as they were in 1776.
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AI Won’t Fix America’s Looming Debt Crisis
Even if the government hits the tax revenue jackpot, it’s naïve to assume lawmakers would pay down the debt.
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California’s Age-Verification Law Is a Civil Liberties Test
The law classifies user identities at the operating system level. Once embedded, that regulatory architecture of control is easy to expand and difficult to roll back.
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Moralizing Markets: Vatican Bank Wades into Faith-Based Indexing
Can the Holy See and other normative authorities harness profit-seeking systems… without undermining their purpose?
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The Lesson of The Lorax Isn’t What You Think
Property rights are an excellent way to ensure wise stewardship of natural resources.
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•
Gen-Z YouTuber Hammers Home Financial Responsibility
Foul-mouthed and fiery, Caleb Hammer is bringing sound financial advice and personal accountability to the YouTube-TikTok generation.
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•
Burnt Toast, Stoics, and Finding Growth in Small Frustrations
A viral mental habit about burnt toast echoes Stoic philosophy: adversity — no matter how small — is an opportunity to practice discipline, perspective, and self-mastery.
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•
Mega-Events, Minimal Returns: The High Cost of Hosting Global Spectacles
Olympics and World Cups are sold as drivers of jobs and tourism, but data show they often produce financial losses and crowd out better investments.
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•
You Can’t Plan the Next Play-Doh: Unexpected Discovery Drives Tomorrow’s Jobs
A failed wallpaper cleaner became a global toy — and a case study in job creation. Consumer tastes, not policy prescriptions, continually reinvent our economy.
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•
Reflections on Saturday Morning TV—and The Regulations That Ended It
Though Saturday morning television is gone, the regulatory complex it spawned remains.
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•
The Year of Adam Smith: Why the Savvy Scotsman Remains So Important
Smith’s work shaped modern political economy, and his insights into human cooperation remain as relevant today as they were in 1776.
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•
AI Won’t Fix America’s Looming Debt Crisis
Even if the government hits the tax revenue jackpot, it’s naïve to assume lawmakers would pay down the debt.
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•
California’s Age-Verification Law Is a Civil Liberties Test
The law classifies user identities at the operating system level. Once embedded, that regulatory architecture of control is easy to expand and difficult to roll back.
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•
Moralizing Markets: Vatican Bank Wades into Faith-Based Indexing
Can the Holy See and other normative authorities harness profit-seeking systems… without undermining their purpose?