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The Hayek Interviews — You’ve Got to Watch

The Francisco Marroquin University in Guatemala, which is a real world leader in online education and media, has just released the full Hayek interviews organized by Armen Alchian of UCLA…

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Kindle Killer? Some Doubts…

I wonder about the claims about the iPad. It does look very cool and all, but if it runs off of a back lit screen, it’s not going to kill…

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Back Pain

I’ve suffered for some years from extreme back pain, which at one time quite severely crippled me, thanks to some crushed nerves and the mixture of agonizing pain and muscle…

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Pomegranates

I love pomegranates. They are wonderful. Maybe even my favorite fruit. I just wish that they were easier to eat. Well, my colleague Peshwaz Faizulla (from Iraqi Kurdistan) and my…

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Technology, Capitalism, Health

A friend, Bright Simons, who is a member of the AfricanLiberty.org team, is featured in The Economist article (September 24, 2009) “Beyond voice: New uses for mobile phones could launch…

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Now This Car Sounds Cool

BBC: “Car harnesses fighter jet technology” Bravo to Ford for not taking government money! This is a far better approach: actually make a quality product and sell it to people…

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Solar Cell Phones

I have no idea whether it’s in fact “eco-friendly” (it takes resources to make a phone with a solar recharger, and it’s not clear that the “environmental impact” is greater…

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Gadgets

Sometimes when I’m traveling and giving lectures or making presentations, the projector doesn’t work, or there was a mixup about who asked for it, etc. The 3M Micro Professional Projector…

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Java Juice….

I travel across a lot of time zones frequently (coming up…Kyiv to DC to London to Sao Paolo in a few days, with several nights spent on airplanes), so I…

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