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Hayek on Gay Marriage
The Boston Globe, January 10, 2004
Shortly after the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's decision on single-sex marriage in November, a debate broke out on the Reason Online and National Review Online weblogs: Would Friedrich Hayek endorse or condemn gay marriage? -
The Trend of Vanishing Tech Jobs
A Researcher Sees an Upside in the Outsourcing of Programming Jobs
The New York Times, "Economic Scene", January 08, 2004
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Friedrich the Great
Dismissed by critics as a free-market extremist, economist Friedrich Hayek is gaining new attention as a forerunner of cognitive psychology, information theory, even postmodernism. A reintroduction to one of the most important thinkers you've barely heard
The Boston Globe, January 05, 2004
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Unhappily Better Off
Review of The Progress Paradox, by Gregg Easterbrook
New York Post, January 02, 2004
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Avoiding Previous Blunders
What separates rich nations from poor nations? History provides some answers.
The New York Times, "Economic Scene", December 31, 2003
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Light Until the Wealth of Nations
How Christmas displays illuminate a strong economy
Reason, December 18, 2003
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Should You Know Your Banker?
Are open markets threatened more by a pro-business or by an antibusiness ideology?
The New York Times, "Economic Scene", December 03, 2003
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Rethinking Milton Friedman
With Milton Friedman's ideas now accepted by theorists and policy makers, it's easy to forget how revolutionary they were.
The New York Times, "Economic Scene", November 05, 2003
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Getting a Bead on "Buzz"
For those who live by buzz, it's important to know who's doing the talking.
The New York Times, "Economic Scene", October 08, 2003
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The Design of Your Life
There's been a revolution in the world of design. The tyranny of experts is over, and we the people are finally in charge.
Men's Journal, October 2003
Those old sci-fi movies were wrong. The 21st century doesn't look at all the way they said it would. We citizens of the future aren't wearing conformist jumpsuits, living in utilitarian high-rises, or getting our food in the form of dreary-looking pills. On the contrary, we are demanding and creating a stimulating, diverse, and strikingly well-designed world. We like our vacuum cleaners and mobile phones to sparkle, our backpacks and laptops to express our personalities. We expect trees and careful landscaping in our parking lots, peaked roofs and decorative facades on our supermarkets, and auto dealerships as swoopy and stylish as the cars they sell.