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I’ve received a number of comments from readers confused by the cross-outs in The Lonely Realist. I did not intend them to be a source of confusion. I add them to inspire thought – that is...
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I’ve received a number of comments from readers confused by the cross-outs in The Lonely Realist. I did not intend them to be a source of confusion. I add them to inspire thought – that is...
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Coronanomics 201 America’s wealth is eroding. Its economic pie is shrinking …, and slices soon will be getting smaller. The focus of Coronanomics 201 is on the size of America’s metaphorical wealth/wealth-creating pie …, and on how its size has been affected by the novel
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