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Like many works of literature, Hollywood chooses for its villains people who strive for social dominance through the pursuit of wealth, prestige, and power. But the ordinary business of capitalism is much more egalitarian: It's about finding meaning and enjoyment in work and production.

~Alex Tabarrok

Topics: About Business Capitalism Chooses Dominance Egalitarian Enjoyment Finding Hollywood Like Literature Many Meaning More Much Ordinary People Power Prestige Production Pursuit Social Strive Through Villains Wealth Who Work Works

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The obsessive focus on a college degree has served neither taxpayers nor students well. Only 35 percent of students starting a four-year degree program will graduate within four years, and less than 60 percent will graduate within six years. Students who haven't graduated within six years probably never will.

~Alex Tabarrok

Topics: College College Degree Degree Focus Four Graduate Graduated Less Neither Never Nor Obsessive Only Percent Program Served Six Starting Students Taxpayers Than Well Who Will Within Years

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When the FDA forces an old drug off the market, patients have very little say in the matter. Patients have even less of a say when the FDA chooses not to approve a new drug. Instead, we are supposed to rely on the FDA's judgment and be grateful. But can the FDA really make a choice that is appropriate for everyone? Of course not.

~Alex Tabarrok

Topics: Appropriate Approve Be Grateful Choice Chooses Course Even Everyone Forces Grateful Instead Judgment Less Little Make Market Matter New Off Old Patients Really Rely Say Supposed Very Fda

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America has the highest standard of living of any major country in the entire world. To maintain and enhance that standard of living, America should continue to embrace those qualities which have made America great: openness and dynamism. Openness to new technologies, new ideas and new people is America's greatest source of strength.

~Alex Tabarrok

Topics: America Any Continue Country Dynamism Embrace Enhance Entire Entire World Great Greatest Highest Ideas Living Made Maintain Major New New Ideas New People New Technologies Openness People Qualities Should Source Standard Strength Technologies Those Which World

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I utterly reject the view that the Third World is doomed to poverty and starvation. Not only is this wrong, I think this attitude verges on the immoral, like thinking that slavery is an unalterable facet of the human condition so why bother doing anything about it?

~Alex Tabarrok

Topics: About Anything Attitude Bother Condition Doing Doomed Facet Human Human Condition Immoral Like Only Poverty Reject Slavery Starvation Think Thinking Third Third World Utterly View Why Why Bother World Wrong I Think

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A lot of people say that India has been held back by its democracy. But let's remember that, despite being a poor country, India's democracy meant that its government never let millions of people starve.

~Alex Tabarrok

Topics: Back Been Being Country Democracy Despite Government Held India Lot Meant Millions Millions Of People Never People People Say Poor Remember Say Starve

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I think modern television shows, with their intricate plots, are stimulating our minds. This is one reason IQs have been going up.

~Alex Tabarrok

Topics: Been Going Intricate Minds Modern Our Plots Reason Shows Stimulating Television Television Shows Think Up I Think

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Writing on the blog, you want to get attention and make strong claims. In academic work, that often doesn't pay, so sometimes it's a little bit difficult going back and forth to navigate these differences.

~Alex Tabarrok

Topics: Academic Attention Back Bit Blog Claims Differences Difficult Forth Get Going Little Little Bit Make Navigate Often Pay Sometimes Strong Want Work Writing You

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The term 'natural resources' confuses people. 'Natural resources' are not like a finite number of gifts under the Christmas tree. Nature is given, but resources are created.

~Alex Tabarrok

Topics: Christmas Confuses Created Finite Gifts Given Like Natural Natural Resources Nature Number People Resources Term Tree

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Television is much more complex, brain-challenging and involved than it used to be. It's almost impossible to watch a television show from 15 years ago; it's just too boring. I think modern television shows, with their intricate plots, are stimulating our minds. This is one reason IQs have been going up.

~Alex Tabarrok

Topics: Almost Been Boring Complex Going Impossible Intricate Involved Just Minds Modern More Much Our Plots Reason Show Shows Stimulating Television Television Show Television Shows Than Think Too Up Used Watch Years Years Ago I Think

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Economist

Born: Unknown

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