To Blame or Not to Blame? The Medical Profession and Blame Culture Traditionally, medicine has been taught by imitation, apprenticeship and humiliation...
Why Doesn't Capital Flow From High To Low? Capital should flow from countries with low marginal rates of...
Unwritten Laws? Legacies from Antigone and Lycurgus Sophocles’ Antigone refers to “unwritten laws”, as does Thucydides’ Pericles...
"The fangs of the serpent are hid in the bowl": The Temperance Movement How did what started as a temperance movement become a...
Regulating the above average: Luck or skill? Considered thinkers from Mandelbrot ('fractals') or Keillor ('Lake Wobegon Days')...
Trust Issues: When Financial "Experts" Have Other Plans Ever wonder if the "experts" managing your money truly have...
Might as well toss a coin: How random numbers help us find exact solutions Randomness is clearly important in computer games and in the...
The Hidden Risks of "I Know Something You Don't" Imagine buying insurance, but the company knows you're less likely...