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The Deadly Crusade Against E-cigarettes http://www.american.com/archive/2012/november/the-deadly-crusade-against-e-cigarettes 1876 comments 17/11/2012 technology

Would You Settle Your Claims on Social Security for 83 Cents on the Dollar? http://www.american.com/archive/2011/april/would-you-settle-your-claims-on-social-security-for-83-cents-on-the-dollar-i-would?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+american+%28american.com+--+a+magazine+of+ideas%2C+online%29&utm_content=google+reader 4 comments 7/4/2011 politics

Is public financing of sports stadiums a good idea? http://www.american.com/archive/2008/april-04-08/a-closer-look-at-stadium-subsidies 37 comments 8/12/2010 sports

Who is really paying taxes? http://www.american.com/graphics/2007/november/guess%20who%20really%20pays%20the%20taxes.jpg 13 comments 7/12/2010 politics

Testing Chávez - If the polls are reliable, it seems that Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez will be tested on September 26. For the defenders of Venezuelan democracy, the test will come the morning after http://www.american.com/archive/2010/september/testing-chavez 10 comments 3/9/2010 worldnews

Why are people losing trust in science? Perhaps it's the choice of phrasing being employed... http://www.american.com/archive/2010/july/science-turns-authoritarian 52 comments 28/7/2010 science

Even feminist economists acknowledge that today’s pay disparities are almost entirely the result of women's different life choices—what they study in school, where they work, and how they balance home and career. http://www.american.com/archive/2010/april/the-equal-pay-day-reality-check 5 comments 22/4/2010 politics

How scientific manipulation turned the public perception of DDT from a life-saving powder to an eco-scourge. Happy Earth Day! http://www.american.com/archive/2010/april/the-excellent-powder? 6 comments 22/4/2010 science

Are liberals smarter than conservatives? What if we could know, scientifically, that one side has the edge in brainpower? Should that change how we think about political issues? http://www.american.com/archive/2009/october/are-liberals-smarter-than-conservatives 46 comments 2/11/2009 science

Are Liberals Smarter Than Conservatives? http://www.american.com/archive/2009/october/are-liberals-smarter-than-conservatives 21 comments 31/10/2009 politics

The Omnivore’s Delusion: Against the Agri-intellectuals http://www.american.com/archive/2009/july/the-omnivore2019s-delusion-against-the-agri-intellectuals 44 comments 3/8/2009 economy

"Farming has always been messy and painful, and bloody and dirty. It still is. This is something the critics of industrial farming never seem to understand." http://www.american.com/archive/2009/july/the-omnivore2019s-delusion-against-the-agri-intellectuals/article_print 4 comments 2/8/2009 reddit.com

The reason the healthcare system of Singapore works so well is that it puts decisions in the hands of patients and doctors rather than of government bureaucrats and insurers. http://www.american.com/archive/2008/may-june-magazine-contents/the-singapore-model 5 comments 23/7/2009 reddit.com

How India Railways went from losing billions of dollars to raking in mad profits. And the unlikely king who brought the change. http://www.american.com/archive/2009/the-indian-railway-king 10 comments 16/7/2009 india

From Bankruptcy to Billions - India's railway king who was a sheperd used to stand in front of open doors of air-conditioned coaches to feel the cool draught as a boy http://www.american.com/archive/2009/the-indian-railway-king 4 comments 16/2/2009 business

When Altruism Isn't Moral http://www.american.com/archive/2009/when-altruism-isnt-moral 20 comments 3/2/2009 philosophy

Are Too Many People Going to College? http://www.american.com/archive/2008/september-october-magazine/are-too-many-people-going-to-college 10 comments 13/9/2008 reddit.com

America’s Other Immigration Crisis - We are bringing the world’s smartest people to our shores, training them, and then making them leave. http://www.american.com/archive/2008/july-august-magazine-contents/america2019s-other-immigration-crisis 11 comments 13/7/2008 business

Our Electric Future: Energy independence is the wrong goal. Here is a plan Americans can stick to. http://www.american.com/archive/2008/july-august-magazine-contents/our-electric-future 2 comments 11/7/2008 technology

A small country with a skilled workforce, booming exports, and enormous prosperity has become the envy of Europe. http://www.american.com/archive/2008/march-april-magazine-contents/cuckoo-for-switzerland 2 comments 29/3/2008 reddit.com

Why can't women do better in the sciences? What should be done about it? http://www.american.com/archive/2008/march-april-magazine-contents/why-can2019t-a-woman-be-more-like-a-man 4 comments 13/3/2008 science

Women earn most of America’s advanced degrees but lag in the physical sciences. Beware of plans to fix the "problem." http://www.american.com/archive/2008/march-april-magazine-contents/why-can2019t-a-woman-be-more-like-a-man?portal_status_message=changes%20saved. 124 comments 12/3/2008 reddit.com

The China Model — How long can economic freedom and political repression coexist? http://www.american.com/archive/2007/november-december-magazine-contents/the-china-model 2 comments 17/11/2007 reddit.com

Econ research shows poverty and lack of education are not causes of terrorism http://www.american.com/archive/2007/november-december-magazine-contents/what-makes-a-terrorist 2 comments 10/11/2007 reddit.com

Brilliant black economist looks at why black children underperform in school - without excluding culture or genetics http://www.american.com/archive/2007/july-august-magazine-contents/no-hesitations 120 comments 18/7/2007 reddit.com

Africans to Bono: 'For God's sake please stop!' http://www.american.com/archive/2007/july-0707/africans-to-bono-for-gods-sake-please-stop 165 comments 3/7/2007 reddit.com

Does Economic Success Require Democracy? http://www.american.com/archive/2007/may-june-magazine-contents/does-economic-success-require-democracy 3 comments 2/6/2007 reddit.com

The Sudden Ubiquity of China- A Review of "Charm Offensive" a New Book by Yale Press that Claims "China wants to discreeetly shoehorn [the US] out of Asia". http://www.american.com/archive/2007/may-0507/the-sudden-ubiquity-of-china 2 comments 23/5/2007 reddit.com

Formerly a CEO, now has person with an IQ of 20 telling him to clean the toilet http://www.american.com/archive/2007/may-june-magazine-contents/enter-a-2018hellish-place2019 83 comments 16/5/2007 reddit.com

Adam Smith: "Nothing, can be more absurd than this whole doctrine of the balance of trade." http://www.american.com/archive/2007/march-0307/in-debt-to-bad-ideas 7 comments 15/4/2007 reddit.com