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Traces of Textiles in Florence
And some sad personal news.
Jun 3 • 
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Chickens and Neutrons and Long-leggedy Horsies and Things that Go Pump In the Night
Three mini-essays on innovation, plus kids with horse sense
Published on Bastiat's Window • May 20
Question Time: Where Have I Been?
I've gone AWOL for a while, so I'm extending everyone's subscription for 90 days.
May 14 • 
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Japan's Old Age Crisis and Ours to Come
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Synthetic Meat: The Reaction
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Purity, Sorcery, and Cancel Culture
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On the Effectiveness of Charitable Giving
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From the Archives: Live Longer and Prosper
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The Cultural Revolution forced Guo Pei to become a Renaissance woman
The results of her determination to recover China's traditional crafts, and to renew them by drawing on global influences, are extraordinary.
May 4 • 
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From the Archives: Adam Smith on the Market for Pessimism
A complement to my latest post
May 1 • 
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Question Time: What's Your Typical Day?
People often ask me this, and it's a hard question to answer.
May 1 • 
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Shakespeare Grew Up in a Changing Economy, and People Felt Stress Then Too
Even when the standard of living is going up, people don't necessarily feel good. Why?
May 1 • 
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What I'm Reading
Writing will be forthcoming, but for now here's some info on books.
Apr 23 • 
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Question Time: Veblen and Our Conspicuously Working Billionaires
A weekly feature for paid subscribers.
Apr 17 • 
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Question Time: Psychedelics and Time for a Frederick Douglass biopic
There were a lot of good questions, so I’m going to try to post a second installment later in the week. Here’s the first one. Put new questions in the…
Apr 10 • 
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