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NYT Excerpt: What Undecided Voters Agree On
October 9, 2012 On many economic issues, there's a broad consensus among undecided voters.
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NYT Excerpt: Time For A Little Reckless Spending
September 25, 2012 Ben Bernanke needs to convince consumers that they can trust the economy again, that now really is the time to jump back into the stock market or buy that bigger house.
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NYT Excerpt: It's Hard To Get Rich Making $4,000 Suits
September 4, 2012 It takes Peter Frew about 75 hours to make a suit — he averages about two per month — and he has no employees.
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NYT Excerpt: Paul Ryan's (Sort Of) Hayekian Roots
August 22, 2012 When the vice presidential candidate takes the stage in Tampa next week, the ghost of an Austrian economist will be hovering above him.
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NYT Excerpt: When Will The U.S. Auto Industry Get Back To Normal?
July 31, 2012 "All these potential customers make the U.S. auto industry believe that 2015 is going to be the year that things finally get back to normal. And despite a steady stream of numbingly grim economic news, it is already doubling down on its future."
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NYT Excerpt: Mysteries Of The Movie Business
June 26, 2012 The vast majority of movies fail to break even, and no one really knows why the remainder succeed.
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Why It's Illegal To Braid Hair Without A License
June 21, 2012 Licensing rules are supposed to protect the public. But they also raise prices and make it harder for people to find work.
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The Government Economist Who Thinks Like An Undercover Agent
June 19, 2012 The authors of the jobs report are trained like CIA agents to keep their work under wraps.
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Why Einstein Was Not Qualified To Teach High-School Physics
June 18, 2012 Teacher certification rules may wind up excluding great potential teachers — without doing much to improve the quality of education.
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Not All Businesses Are In It For The Money
June 5, 2012 The vast majority of businesses are owned by people whose goal is to do what they like and to cover their nut.
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Is Art A Good Investment?
May 31, 2012 A masterpiece may give the owner a sense of pleasure and prestige, but it might not be a great investment.
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How To Get A Celebrity Endorsement From The Queen Of England
May 21, 2012 Nancy Koehn, retail historian, traces the history of branding back to 18th century England.
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How Nicki Minaj, Telly Savalas, And A Monkey Can Help Confused Shoppers
May 16, 2012 Companies can send helpful signals to consumers through flashy ad campaigns.
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The TED Talk That Could Spawn A City
May 9, 2012 Paul Romer, an economist at NYU, pitches a radical new idea to developing countries: why not build a city from scratch?
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How The Richest American Ever Learned To Spin The Press
May 1, 2012 It's not easy to generate public sympathy for the super rich. John D. Rockefeller learned that lesson the hard way.
