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30 Aug Will You Love Your Servitude?

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Aldous Huxley, an English writer and philosopher, wrote nearly 50 books, the most famous being “Brave New World,” a dystopian science-fiction novel published in 1932. The world in the novel is a futuristic one based on science and technology. Emotions and the sense of individuality...

30 Aug Bret Devereaux on Ancient Greece and Rome

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Historian Bret Devereaux of the University of North Carolina talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about our understanding of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Devereaux highlights the gap between the reality of Greece and Rome and how they’re portrayed in popular culture. The conversation focuses on...

27 Aug I, Meal: The Symphonies of Cooperation on Made in a Day

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Recently, my family watched a series on Disney+ called Made in a Day. It’s a steady diet of wonders with episodes explaining Tesla automobiles, rockets, fire trucks, John Deere tractors, Jeep Wranglers, fire trucks, Gibson guitars, Tabasco sauce, Jack Daniel’s, New Balance sneakers, and GateGourmet...

23 Aug A Letter from the Editor

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Dear Readers, Hello from Great Barrington, in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts. I was born and raised a scant 45 miles from here, in Watertown, Connecticut, so for me this is a homecoming of sorts. My career has taken me to every region of the United...

23 Aug Why People Should Stop Saying CEOs Have a Duty to ‘Give Back’ to Society

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It is not uncommon for successful businessmen, entrepreneurs, and celebrities to talk about what they are doing to “give back” to society or how they feel a need to “give back.” For example, Kelli Richards, CEO of The All-Access Group, in a 2017 Inc. article stated...

23 Aug James Buchanan on the Use of Science

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"What a science does, or should do, is simply to allow the average man, through professional specialization, to command the heights of genius." - James Buchanan This description of the power of economics by Buchanan has always struck me as insightful. Economics is a tool for...

22 Aug In The Heights Celebrates First-Gen Americans

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The unexpected and broad-based protests erupting in Cuba are a poignant reminder of the lost liberty experienced by people under authoritarian regimes. The opposite could be said for the movie In The Heights, the film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway musical. If the dissent on...

22 Aug The Most Impressive AI Demo I Have Ever Seen

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This is jaw-dropping. It starts slow but watch the whole thing. I don’t think I would have been more amazed had I witnessed the first flight of the Wright Brothers. The post The Most Impressive AI Demo I Have Ever Seen appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Read...

22 Aug Classic Stossel: Stupid in America

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Exciting things are happening in education suddenly. In some places, charter schools bucked the unions, and got results. Inner-city kids do well on benchmark tests. They are excited to learn! When Stossel tells fourth graders that school is boring, they yell at him, “No, it’s...

22 Aug Engage Rather Than Sanction the Cuban People

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After six decades of tyranny, the Cuban people made clear to the world that they wanted liberty. The American left, long with a soft spot for tyrants who espouse socialism, insisted that Cubans loved their jailers. However, last month’s demonstrations exploded across the island with...