It’s easy to miss:
Mine would involve lots of sports, a mother who brought me to chess tournaments, a father who didn’t believe in college, and a grandmother who loved Victor Hugo and Shakespeare.
May 30 2006
I discuss David Warsh's Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations in my latest essay. David Warsh, a uniquely dedicated journalist, turns economics into melodrama. He takes a number of risks, both in terms of content and style, and not all of them work. But in the end, I believe that the reader will come away from his book ...
May 29 2006
Bryan is encouraging these things. On both sides of my family, my grandparents were immigrant Jews who tried to make a living as merchants. My mother's family settled in Bradford, Pennsylvania, a declining steel town. My father's family settled in St. Louis, Missouri. The Great Depression was hard on both families....
May 29 2006
It's easy to miss: Mine would involve lots of sports, a mother who brought me to chess tournaments, a father who didn't believe in college, and a grandmother who loved Victor Hugo and Shakespeare.
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