March 13, 2009
Dangerously Addictive
Why we are biologically ill-suited to the riches of modern America
"It's called the American dream," George Carlin lamented shortly before his death last year, "because you have to be asleep to believe it." Too bad for the rest of us that Carlin and his signature satire haven't been around for the wake-up call of the current market meltdown. After all, he knew something about the dangers of addiction from firsthand experience. He understood earlier than most that the debt-fueled
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