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Relative Poverty

In wealthy societies, most poverty is relative. People feel poor because many of the good things they see advertised on television are beyond their budget—but they do have a television. In the United States, 97 percent of those classified by the Census Bureau as poor own a color TV. Three quarters of them own a […]

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Time for a Greycation!

Millions have already abandoned their foreign holiday in favour of a ‘staycation’. However, as families continue to find money short in the fallout from the recession, millions more are rediscovering the ‘greycation’ to ensure they get a break. The term is used to describe a vacation where three generations of a family stay together. From […]

Testosterone and the Last Man

Given the current state of turmoil in South Asia, Africa, and the Caucasus, the onset of international peace prophesied by Fukuyama does not seem imminent. But his forecast about the ascendancy of the American wimp remains disturbingly accurate, according to the historian Lee Harris. In a polemic titled The Suicide of Reason, Harris argues, The problem is not that Fukuyama is dead wrong; the problem is that he is half right. Unfortunately for us, the wrong half. In the West, we are perilously getting down to our last man.