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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.
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From the Archives: Adam Smith on the Market for Pessimism
A complement to my latest post
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Question Time: What's Your Typical Day?
People often ask me this, and it's a hard question to answer.
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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?
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What I'm Reading
Writing will be forthcoming, but for now here's some info on books.
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Question Time: Veblen and Our Conspicuously Working Billionaires
A weekly feature for paid subscribers.
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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…
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