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Is Leonardo DiCaprio a figment of the collective Libertarian imagination? Now, now, don’t misunderstand me. He’s good-looking, I’ll admit,... Read more →
The Swiftest Remedy for “I’m Not A Math Person?” A Job.
Recently, Quartz magazine published an article co-written by Miles Kimball, an economics professor at the University of Michigan, and Noah Smith, an... Read more →
Doulas, Midwives, and the Political Right
(Editor's note: This piece was edited October 24, 2013 to clarify that "abortion doulas" do not perform medical abortion procedures.) I write a... Read more →
New York Didn’t Need a Bailout and Neither Does Detroit: Lessons from History
The Atlantic recently ran a piece about how even the middle class can’t afford to live in New York anymore. Underlying this article is the... Read more →
The New Face of Entrepreneurism
Economics is the study of choice. How do people choose to use their limited resources to satisfy their unlimited want? But what if the choices... Read more →