P. J. O’Rourke – American Consequences

September 2017

7 Geniuses Look Into the Future

A look back at works of genius (plus a cartoon) that forecast today’s technological, economic, and social innovations… By P.J. O’Rourke How well can people predict innovation? Here’s one way to tell: Pop open a beer, go to...

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September 2017

Innovation: It’s All In Your Head

What really changes everyday life is more mental than material – things you hold in your mind, not things you hold in your mitts. The most important innovations are ideas...

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September 2017

‘Unnovations’

When people say “innovation” – especially people in business and investment – they say it with a smile. They say it like they’d say “cold beer,” as if it were always a good idea.

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September 2017

Innovations That Get No Respect

A gallon of water weighs eight pounds, five and a half ounces. Once a week, I fill the poultry waterer in my chicken coop. The waterer holds five gallons. The coop is 200 hundred yards (one “stink distance” away) from my house. The chicken coop does...

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June 2017

The Strange, Shape-Shifting Symbol of Value

Money isn’t the root of all evil. Money is the root of everything.

What money is, is necessary. Necessary for good stuff. Necessary for bad stuff. Necessary for all the stuff that comes in between – the stuff of life.

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July 2017

A Blockhead Confronts the Blockchain

The history of money is increasing confusion… bitcoin is no exception Letter from the Editor: From Editor in Chief P.J. O’Rourke People have all sorts of feelings about cryptocurrency – wild enthusiasm, cool skepticism, greedy desire, utopian...

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July 2017

What’s the Connection?

Planning to store a fortune on the Internet is not a trivial matter…

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August 2017

These Folks Aren’t Playing With Monopoly Money

The “New Mutant Capitalism” has a lot of worrying features. Let’s not worry about the wrong ones. In particular, let’s not worry about whether these companies are “monopolistic.”

P. J. O’Rourke

August 2017

The New Mutant Capitalism

Thirty years ago, it was simple… Now, it’s as if somebody took corporations and exposed them to atomic bomb test radiation. Letter from the Editor: From Editor in Chief P.J. O’Rourke Something strange has happened to capitalism...

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