Moises Naim
Pick up a newspaper anywhere, any day, and you will find news about illegal migrants (and near slaves), drug busts, smuggled weapons, laundered money or counterfeit goods. In the past decade, the global trade in these commodities has ... [... more]
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David Liss
Amsterdam, 1659: On the world's first commodities exchange, fortunes are won and lost in an instant. Miguel Lienzo, a sharp-witted trader in the city's close-knit community of Portuguese Jews, knows this only too well. Once among the city's most ... [... more]
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Lewis Hyde
Discusses the argument that a work of art is essentially a gift and not a commodity. click for more> Lewis Hyde [... more]
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