Articles 2017
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Pro Immigration? Then Support All Who Came Here
Bloomberg View, June 24, 2017
Here’s a helpful hint for my fellow immigration enthusiasts: Stop dissing Americans whose ancestors got here before yours.
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Amazon Puts Restaurant Industry on Notice
Bloomberg View, June 16, 2017
Amazon's purchase of Whole Foods is likely to lower prices. That would exacerbate a trend that already has the industry nervous: the growing gap between the cost of eating at home and going out.
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America Is Awash in the Wrong Kinds of Stories
Bloomberg View, June 03, 2017
Cultures are held together by stories, and the big stories competing for dominance in America today are demoralizing. One misleadingly divides the nation into patriots and traitors, the latter defined as anyone who bucks the party line. The other portrays the American story as nothing more than a series of injustices in which every seeming accomplishment hides some terrible wrong and the country’s very existence is a crime against humanity.
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When Buying Life Insurance Was Deemed Immoral
Reason, July 2017
Why 19th-century Americans wouldn't buy life insurance and why they changed their minds.
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The Future of America's Shoe Obsession Is Male
Bloomberg View, May 30, 2017
If current trends continue, men’s U.S. shoe sales will soon surpass women's. Why?
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The Boosterism Behind China's Silk Road Story
Bloomberg View, May 24, 2017
China's Road and Belt initiative is about more than infrastructure or foreign policy. It's national myth-building for a domestic audience.
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Adam Smith Needs a Paper Clip
Reason, May 2017
The pin factory, re-examined.
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Why Food Is Taking Over Your Life
Bloomberg View, April 26, 2017
Filling a primal physical need turns out to be a perfect match for the digital age.
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The End of Men? Not in the Retail Sector
Bloomberg View, April 19, 2017
The "retail apocalypse" is destroying traditionally female jobs while creating ones for men.
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Adam Smith Needs a Paper Clip
Reason, May 2017
The pin factory, re-examined