Was the 20th Century Unusually Calm?
People worry that disasters have become more frequent and more damaging since the close of the 20th century. But the 19th century’s natural disasters were plenty devastating; but there weren’t nearly as many of us around to suffer the consequences (nor as much media to record it). Read More »
What Are the Most Notable Quotes From 2009?
Yale Book of Quotations editor Fred solicits your nominations for most notable quote of 2009. Read More »
A Different Kind of Organ Market?
Who gets bumped to the front of UCLA medical center’s liver-transplant line? The godfather of the Japanese mafia, according to this 60 Minutes video… Read More »
Charity Won't Contain This Secondary Market
Each year I receive about 10 introductory economics textbooks from publishers. The purpose is to induce me to adopt the book in my 500-student principles class… Read More »
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