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Friday, April 27, 2007

by Ben Newell last modified Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Sure, life is full of war, heartbreak, class struggle, and family strife. But some of the best novels are profoundly quotidian. . . The gender earnings gap: does it reflect discrimination, or just different life choices? Democracies often choose bad policies. Blame the voters. . . For an economist, a vacation is never really a vacation. . . Does the internet really need to be redesigned?

Sure, life is full of war, heartbreak, class struggle, and family strife. But some of the best novels are profoundly quotidian. . .

The gender earnings gap: does it reflect discrimination, or just different life choices?

Democracies often choose bad policies. Blame the voters. . .

For an economist, a vacation is never really a vacation. . .

Does the internet really need to be redesigned?

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