How the dismal science applies to your life.

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• Why Men Pay To Stay Married And women pay to get divorced. 
  Steven E. Landsburg Dec. 2, 2000
  
• If eBay Ran the Election Who would buy the votes and what would they pay? 
  Steven E. Landsburg Nov. 1, 2000
  
• Don't Pay Down the National Debt It's a great deal. 
  Steven E. Landsburg Sept. 14, 2000
  
• The Crazy Incentives of the Drug War  You think it's designed to discourage drugs? Think again.
  Steven E. Landsburg Aug. 15, 2000
  
• The NFL's Parity Perplex  The salary cap is one of the mysteries of the universe
  Steven E. Landsburg June 24, 2000
  
• The Return of the Giant Shopping Carts!!! The readers share their theories on why carts got so big.
  Steven E. Landsburg May 31, 2000
  
• Attack of the Giant Shopping Carts!!! A few theories on why they got sooooo big.
  Steven E. Landsburg April 27, 2000
  
• The Joy of Hedging  The case for investing against your heart and with your head. 
  Steven E. Landsburg March 22, 2000
  
• I've Got To Admit It's Getting Better And here's a way to measure it.
  Steven E. Landsburg Feb. 10, 2000
  
• The Mother-in-Law of Invention The patent system sucks because it overrewards and underrewards. Here's a way to make the system work better.
  Steven E. Landsburg Jan. 13, 2000