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Category: Political Discourse

Life in Chiberia

We sometimes forget how big a role the weather plays in the economy. Robert Gordon has argued that air conditioning has had a greater economic effect than the Internet; air conditioning made such major cities as Atlanta and Houston habitable during the summer, while the Internet just took away the margin of retail bookstores. GDP… [Read More]

Empowerment, banning bossy, and a feminist manifesto

Last week, there was a little online dustup over a for-profit company that wanted volunteer labor; professional writers do not like that. The company is in the business of providing educational materials to empower girls, so that led to some interesting conversations about what that means. Then, this week, Sheryl Sandberg and the Girl Scouts… [Read More]

On Gold, Guns, and Dried Food

People always ask me if they should buy gold. I always tell them it’s overvalued, but I’ve been saying that for years. Gold keeps going up in price for no good reason. That’s how bubbles are. It may be obvious that an asset (Beanie Babies, tech stocks, residential real estate) is overvalued, but the price… [Read More]

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