Archive for Robert E. Wright
Cashing a Cheque in the Third Millennium A.D.
Robert Wright is the author of six books about early U.S. financial history. He currently teaches business and financial history at the Stern School of Business, New York University. Several years ago I exported some of my intellectual services to a small publisher in London. I thought nothing of contracting in pound sterling. After all, [...]
1Apr2004 | Robert E. Wright | 0 comments | ContinuedBorn Capitalist: Free Markets and Hominid Evolution
Robert Wright (alexanderhamilton@comcast.net) is author of Wealth of Nations Rediscovered (Cambridge) and Hamilton Unbound (Greenwood), coauthor of Mutually Beneficial (NYU Press, 2003), and co-editor of History of Corporate Finance and Corporate Governance in Historical Perspective (both Pickering and Chatto, 2003). The generic term for bipedal apes, including Homo sapiens or modern humans, is hominid. Since [...]
1Jun2003 | Robert E. Wright | 1 comment | ContinuedEnvironment + Genes=Obesity
Many Americans are overweight, Ellen Ruppel Shell, author of The Hungry Gene, reminded Los Angeles Times readers last Thanksgiving Day (“Big Food Has Become a Big Problem: Politicians and Health Officials Must Address Pandemic Obesity”). Her solution? More government regulation. Shell calls for government to regulate food advertising to children and to subsidize the production [...]
17Apr2003 | Robert E. Wright | 0 comments | ContinuedHow Government Disables Private Disability Insurance
Robert Wright is author of the newly published Wealth of Nations Rediscovered (Cambridge) and Hamilton Unbound (Greenwood), coauthor of Mutually Beneficial (NYU Press, 2003), and co-editor of History of Corporate Finance and Corporate Governance in Historical Perspective (both Pickering and Chatto, 2003). Taxed Social Security earnings determine the level of three major types of Social [...]
1Feb2003 | Robert E. Wright | 1 comment | ContinuedAre Dietary Guidelines a Public Good?
Two federal agencies, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), have published Dietary Guidelines for Americans every five years since 1980. Those guidelines, the latest version of which appeared in 2000, urge Americans to (1) "balance the food you eat with physical activity-maintain or improve your weight," [...]
1Nov2002 | Robert E. Wright | 2 comments | Continued-
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