It facilitates crime, bribery, and tax evasion – and yet some governments (including ours) are printing more cash than ever. Other countries, meanwhile, are ditching cash entirely. And if Star…
Research shows that having a distinctively black name doesn’t affect your economic future. But what is the day-to-day reality of living with such a name? Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck, a newly-minted…
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The 166-year-old chain, which is fighting extinction, calls the parade its “gift to the nation.” With 30 million TV viewers, it’s also a big moneymaker. At least we think it…
The digital age is making pen and paper seem obsolete. But what are we giving up if we give up on handwriting?
Boys and men are trending downward in education, employment, and mental health. Richard Reeves, author of the book Of Boys and Men, has some solutions that don’t come at the…
The psychologist Angela Duckworth argues that a person’s level of stick-to-itiveness is directly related to their level of success. No big surprise there. But grit, she says, isn’t something you’re…
How does a fresh tuna get from Japan to Nebraska before it goes bad? And how does its journey show up in the price of your spicy tuna rolls? Zachary…
…tell the story are: Robert Shiller, the Yale economist and Irrational Exuberance author, who has indexed U.S. home prices back to 1890; Lawrence Yun, chief economist of the National Association…
The psychologist Angela Duckworth argues that a person’s level of stick-to-itiveness is directly related to their level of success. No big surprise there. But grit, she says, isn’t something you’re…
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It’s impossible to say for sure, but the Lebanese do remarkably well. Why?
Chicago has given the world more than sausage, crooked politics and Da Bears.
…of Response for more.) Charles Perrow, professor of sociology at Yale University and author of The Next Catastrophe: Reducing Our Vulnerabilities To Natural, Industrial, And Deliberate Disasters: The history of…
(Photo: Scott Adams) Last week, we solicited your questions for Dilbert creator and author Scott Adams. Here are his answers. They are great, and so were your questions; thanks to…
What does Pride and Prejudice have to do with nuclear deterrence?…
Do the book blurbs that one author gives to another author affect your decision to read the book? The publishing industry certainly believes that blurbs matter a great deal. There…
…who took a sibling rivalry well into college. Scott Turow, lawyer and author of Testimony, who faced-down another best-selling author in the courtroom. Our real-time fact-checker is WBEZ’s Tricia Bobeda,…
There have been several requests on this blog for a transcript of the authors’ recent appearance on The O’Reilly Factor. Here it is: Copyright 2005 Fox News Network, LLC. Fox…
…their answers. Many thanks for their participation and insights. Seth Godin, the author of 10 books including Purple Cow and his latest, Meatball Sundae, founder of Squidoo.com, and author of…
The U.N.’s World Happiness Report — created to curtail our unhealthy obsession with G.D.P. — is dominated every year by the Nordic countries. We head to Denmark to learn the…
…lieutenant in World War II. The author begins the presentation humorously, describing how he bumbled his way into the army, a recent high school graduate, absolutely unsuited to lead. Toward…
Games are as old as civilization itself, and some people think they have huge social value regardless of whether you win or lose. Tom Whipple is not one of those…
The U.N.’s World Happiness Report — created to curtail our unhealthy obsession with G.D.P. — is dominated every year by the Nordic countries. We head to Denmark to learn the…
…hope you enjoy their replies, and learn from them, as much as I have. James Kunstler, the author of The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the 21st Century,…
Bren Smith, who grew up fishing and fighting, is now part of a movement that seeks to feed the planet while putting less environmental stress on it. He makes his…
Google and Facebook are worth a combined $2 trillion, with the vast majority of their revenue coming from advertising. In our previous episode, we learned that TV advertising is much…
In her new book The Two-Parent Privilege, the economist Melissa Kearney says it’s time for liberals to face the facts: U.S. marriage rates have plummeted but the babies keep coming,…
In her new book The Two-Parent Privilege, the economist Melissa Kearney says it’s time for liberals to face the facts: U.S. marriage rates have plummeted but the babies keep coming,…
