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Brad DeLong argues consumers (PDF) rather than slave owners captured most of the gains of North American slavery.

Lassetter & Landay \"Bin Laden Benefits from U.S. Focus on Iraq.\"

Hipsterotica. Arguably unsafe for work but I think people are too cautious about that sort of thing.

The case against Martin Feldstein.

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Enjoy."}],"editorialProject":null,"primaryCategory":{"__typename":"Channel","displayName":"Politics","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/","slug":"politics"},"reviews":[],"embeds":[],"authors":[{"id":"Author:729","displayName":"Matthew Yglesias","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/author/matthew-yglesias/","biography":{"default":"Matthew Yglesias is a former writer and editor at The Atlantic.","__typename":"Biography"},"socialMedia":[],"__typename":"Author","slug":"matthew-yglesias"}],"preview":null,"layout":"standard","secondaryByline":"","dek":"","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/09/a-surge-of-random-links/45940/","title":"A Surge of Random Links","seoTitle":"A Surge of Random Links","dateModified":"2010-05-03T20:03:20Z","datePublished":"2007-09-10T17:07:16Z","hasMeter":true,"primaryChannel":{"displayName":"Politics","__typename":"Channel","slug":"politics"},"shareImage1x1":null,"shareImage16x9":null,"shareImage4x3":null,"shareImageDefault":null,"shareImageSquareDefault":null,"shareImageLeadArt":null,"shareDek":"","shareText":null,"shareTitle":"A Surge of Random Links","editorsNote":null,"leadArt":null,"fbiaUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/facebook-instant/article/45940/","canonicalUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/09/a-surge-of-random-links/45940/","syndication":"ALL","shareImage2x1":null,"shareImageSmall":null,"channels":[{"slug":"politics","__typename":"Channel"}],"watsonInfo":{"keywords":["Bin Laden Benefits","North American slavery","Brad DeLong","Martin Feldstein","Hipsterotica. Arguably","slave owners","U.S. Focus","gains"],"__typename":"WatsonInfo"},"slug":"a-surge-of-random-links","grapeshot":{"segments":["shadow9hu7_pos_toyota_fy23","neg_att","neg_mastercard_keyword-exclusion","tbs_anyrisk","neg_fx","neg_hbo","neg_apple_2","neg_microsoft","an_bankofamerica_negative","neg_bofa-kwlist","shadow9hu7_pos_jpmc","neg_mastercard_2","gb_crime_edu","neg_lexus_fy23","gt_mixed","an_apple_negative","an_bp","neg_apple_1","gt_negative_fear","neg_chasemariott-negativekeywords","disasters","gv_crime","gs_shopping_misc","gb_crime_serious","neg_mastercard_gen","pos_alcohol","pos_chasemarriott","pos_citibank","pos_creditcard","pos_disasters","pos_diseases","pos_disney_fxfargo","pos_ey","pos_facebook_safety","pos_hermes","pos_ibm","pos_mastercard","pos_mobkoi","pos_septembereleven","an_facebook_safe","an_jpmc_safe","an_ms_safe","an_volvo_safe","ap_alfaromeo_safe","ap_citi_banking_safe","ap_citi_hurricanes","ap_citi_naacp_safe","ap_citi_sex_safe","ap_citi_transportation_safe","ap_facebook_safe","ap_fidelity_safe","ap_gwp","ap_jpmc_safe","ap_ms_safe","ap_netflix_israeli_safe","ap_texas_shooting_safe","ap_volvo_safe","gs_shopping","tbs_serious","gt_positive_happiness"],"__typename":"Grapeshot"},"advertisingInfo":{"disableHouseAd":false,"__typename":"AdvertisingInfo"}}}

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