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Day: August 17, 2016

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Lyman Stone: In Defense Of Downward Sloping Urban Housing Demand Curves

Will Truman August 17, 2016
To start with, Nick acknowledges that cities may arise as a result of some kind of random...
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Bernie Sanders Leaves the Democratic Party

Will Truman August 17, 2016
The nomination was barely sealed up at the Democratic National Convention before Bernie Sanders, who had campaigned...
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Games Without Fairness

Jason Kuznicki August 17, 2016
Why do people play games that they know are unfair?
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Morning Ed: Society {2016.08.17.W}

Will Truman August 17, 2016
Tom Clancy, Hayao Miyazaki, and teams should never call themselves the Hawks.
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