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  • How Cronyism Created New York City’s Taxi Medallion Bubble

    How Cronyism Created New York City’s Taxi Medallion Bubble0

    If one wanted to study the difference between an industry that exists in a very free market and its exact counterpart in a system of extreme government regulation, then you don’t need to look further than the New York City taxi industry. New York City yellow cabs entered government regulation in 1937 when city officials

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  • How Craftsmanship Can Save the World

    How Craftsmanship Can Save the World0

    “Right before me, in full view and in all its perfection, was that work of beauty, no, that miracle, the Cologne Cathedral. More than its intricate ornamentation, it was its spiritual depth that struck me, its towers and spires striving up to the heavens. I gasped, and stared with my mouth open…” Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s description

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  • How Country Music Speaks for Everyday Americans

    How Country Music Speaks for Everyday Americans0

    Taylor Swift may be the hottest ticket this summer, but her listeners don’t share her country roots. That space has been captured by a series of anthems singing the blue-collar blues, songs that are a lot closer to—and a lot more correct—about what is bugging everyday Americans. American music has always been an echo chamber

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  • How Corn Kernels Could Hold the Key to Beating Cancer

    How Corn Kernels Could Hold the Key to Beating Cancer0

    Driving down a country highway in the Midwest can seem an endless ribbon flanked by green walls of corn, neatly planted in stately rows. But who would guess that a plant that feeds a planet might hold clues that could help us better understand, or perhaps cure, insidious human diseases? Recent research from Dr. Mark

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  • How Complaining Makes Us More Miserable, Ineffectual, and Insecure

    How Complaining Makes Us More Miserable, Ineffectual, and Insecure0

    The Harvard Business Review reports “a majority of employees spend 10 or more hours per month complaining — or listening to others complain — about their bosses or upper management. Even more amazing, almost a third spend 20 hours or more per month doing so.” Only voiced complaints were measured and reported in the study.

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  • How Colleges Drag Out Degree Programs Longer than Necessary

    How Colleges Drag Out Degree Programs Longer than Necessary0

    In recent years, a growing number of colleges have been rolling out accelerated 3-year degree plans. New York University is one of the latest and most prestigious to do so. According to Inside Higher Ed, the move comes in an effort to trim costs and make college more affordable for students: “New York University unveiled

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