How the dismal science applies to your life.

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• Beat on the Brat The economics of spanking.
  Steven E. Landsburg Dec. 9, 2002
  
• Phony Generosity Economics Nobelist Vernon Smith's alarming discovery about human nature.
  Steven E. Landsburg Oct. 10, 2002
  
• One Small Step for Man … … and one giant leap for economists: How we figured out why people walk up staircases but not up escalators.
  Steven E. Landsburg Aug. 28, 2002
  
• The Great Banana Revolution Should you peel bananas from the bottom up?
  Steven E. Landsburg June 27, 2002
  
• Shut City Hall! The Supreme Court concludes that most government agencies should be out of business.
  Steven E. Landsburg June 4, 2002
  
• Short Changed Why do tall people make more money?
  Steven E. Landsburg March 25, 2002
  
• Click, Clack, and Car Talk NPR's Tappet brothers are wrong about the societal costs of car phones.
  Steven E. Landsburg Jan. 30, 2002