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Tick Tock, Tick Tock, Tick Tock The economics—and the environment—of time

100 Seconds of Solitude (With apologies to Gabriel García Márquez) When Amazon was only a river and Blackberry was a jam

Copenhagen in our Rear View Mirror Licking our wounds and counting our blessings

Cash Dash A taste of the economics of sports

Water, Water Everywhere And not a drop for free?

Bailouts for Bridges Challenging the stimulus for rebuilding urban infrastructure

What's Going to Happen to Amtrak? When the troubled rail line began its increased service this past fall, it marked the first Midwest expansion in nearly 20 years.

In His Shoes Rep. Luis Gutierrez discusses what he would do as mayor

Dawn Clark Netsch on Politics " It is probably going to be a pretty good year for Democrats."

The Bayh Way Sen. Evan Bayh on energy independence, the American worker and one of his most interesting issues -- fatherlessness

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