How the dismal science applies to your life.

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• $10 a Foot Should we stop Paul Morgan from amputating his feet on the Web?
  Steven E. Landsburg Nov. 26, 2001
  
• Afghanistan After the War Don't give them democracy. Give them capitalism.
  Steven E. Landsburg Nov. 6, 2001
  
• Flying Pork Barrels The airline bailout enriches stockholders at the expense of taxpayers. 
  Steven E. Landsburg Sept. 28, 2001
  
• Sell Me a Story Two skyscrapers, built at the same time in the same block. One's much taller. Why? 
  Steven E. Landsburg Sept. 7, 2001
  
• Making Your Tax Rebate Pay Wanna promote the general welfare? Here's what to do with your tax rebate. 
  Steven E. Landsburg July 31, 2001
  
• Hey, Gorgeous, Here's a Raise! As for you fatties, we're cutting your salaries.
  Steven E. Landsburg July 10, 2001
  
• The Readers Weigh In Your theories on why America is getting fatter.
  Steven E. Landsburg June 1, 2001
  
• Don't Ask, Don't Tell Campaign-Finance Reform Would it make politics cleaner? I dunno.
  Steven E. Landsburg May 25, 2001
  
• Why Are We Getting So Fat? A few theories on America's weight problem.
  Steven E. Landsburg May 2, 2001
  
• Why God Created Junk Food The rationality of Big Macs, cashews, and … unlimited sex appetites. 
  Steven E. Landsburg April 6, 2001
  
• Putting All Your Potatoes in One Basket The economic lessons of the Great Famine. 
  Steven E. Landsburg March 14, 2001
  
• The First One Now Will Later Be Last A foolproof method to shorten queues.
  Steven E. Landsburg Feb. 9, 2001
  
• Microwave Oven Liberation  Household appliances, not Gloria Steinem, ushered women into the workplace.
  Steven E. Landsburg Jan. 4, 2001