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One Eleven Diner, 1980 by Ralph Goings

One Eleven Diner, 1980 by Ralph Goings (America, 1928-2016)

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History

Sweden got rich under laissez-faire and nearly wrecked itself trying to forget it. Between 1870 and 1970, Sweden ran one of the freest economies in Europe: low taxes, open trade, sound money, and entrepreneurs like the Wallenbergs and Ingvar Kamprad building world-class firms. By… pic.twitter.com/VFaWtOaFW2

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An Insight

Agatha Christie once remarked that she had never expected to grow rich enough to own a car or poor enough not to have servants.

The reason this strikes us as bizarre today boils down to two names that you hear invoked a lot in the tech industry: Jevons and Baumol. One is… https://t.co/4uGZh2NtZ4

— Matt Ridley (@mattwridley) July 16, 2026

 

I see wonderful things

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— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) July 17, 2026

 

Offbeat Humor

In Georgia I entered a Chick-fil-A drive-thru line of forty cars.

I turned off my engine. I prepared to wait the way my ancestors waited out a siege.

Six minutes later I was holding chicken.

I do not know what happened to the other thirty-nine cars. The line moved like water…

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Data Talks

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— Freddy🇩🇪 (@FreddyLA7) July 16, 2026

 

The Road by Maurice de Vlaminck

The Road by Maurice de Vlaminck (France, 1876-1958)

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History

You know the pamphlet "Common Sense," the one that convinced America to break from Britain. You know Thomas Paine wrote it. Here's what you probably don't know. Another man talked Paine into writing it, and gave it that title. Meet Dr. Benjamin Rush.

Rush is arguably the most… pic.twitter.com/uTM7q7HGD2

— Echoes of War (@EchoesofWarYT) July 16, 2026

 

An Insight

"Why Industrial Policy Fails," by Lindsay Graham
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— Scott Lincicome (@scottlincicome) July 16, 2026