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Imagine a heavy book resting on a table. If you try to gently push the book across the table with the tip of your finger, it ...

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Two letters on bias in academia.

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In his insightful book about America's housing crisis, Yoni Appelbaum argues that more than a century of restrictive legislation has left so many stuck, unable to pursue opportunity.