The Commonplace Book

Notes from the table

The mentors, their lives and philosophies, and the craft of learning itself.

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Meet Milton Friedman: Results, Not Intentions

The century's most cheerful debater judged every policy by one test: what actually happened?

The Wealth of Nations made him famous; he thought his other book was better — and it explains the first.

Journal posts, new mentors, and a weekly digest — pick your topics, leave any time.