How the dismal science applies to your life.

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• What I Like About Scrooge In praise of misers.
  Steven E. Landsburg Dec. 9, 2004
  
• Bush's Tax Cuts Are Unfair ... To the rich.
  Steven E. Landsburg Oct. 21, 2004
  
• Don't Vote It makes more sense to play the lottery.
  Steven E. Landsburg Sept. 29, 2004
  
• The $100 Terrorist Insurance Plan A better way to screen airline passengers.
  Steven E. Landsburg Aug. 4, 2004
  
• The Sin of Wages The real reason to oppose the minimum wage.
  Steven E. Landsburg July 9, 2004
  
• Feed the Worms Who Write Worms to the Worms The economic logic of executing computer hackers.
  Steven E. Landsburg May 26, 2004
  
• The Economics of Faking Orgasm No, really.
  Steven E. Landsburg March 19, 2004