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The Future of the American Home
After a crazy decade, the housing market will likely become boring again -- but that's a good thing!
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After a crazy decade, the housing market will likely become boring again -- but that's a good thing!
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Groupon and Facebook are projected for the same 2011 revenue, and Groupon's January earnings this year were a fifth of Facebook's total revenue last year.
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... and four more "rock star" pieces from the world's most famous collection of American coins
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Buy more experiences and fewer objects. Don't worry about insurance. The frequency of happy events matters more than their intensity.
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Why haven't recent black swans stunted the recovery?
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The short answer is no. The long answer is: Yes, but only if you work for an organization that can ensure the money is spent wisely.
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In the first 35 years after the war, real hourly compensation went hand-in-hand with rising productivity (or, work per hour). In the next 35 years, productivity accelerated and compensation lagged.
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I'd hope to see Washington as stingy about money spent on Tripoli as it is about money spent to Trenton.
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We're familiar with the American trinity of life, liberty and the pursuit happiness. Washington typically passes laws to protect the first two. Should we start paying more attention to the third?
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Imagine if an earthquake and flood took out almost all of Virginia, and you begin to feel the disaster's impact for Japan
The world may never run out of oil—and the consequences could be dire. Plus: avoiding the worst parts of death, Henry Kissinger's statesmanship, reconsidering hair metal, and more.