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137 quotes by Virginia Postrel

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Behind the criticism of fashion as an artistic medium is a highly ideological prejudice: against markets, against consumers, against the dynamism of... →

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Cable companies aren't bad because they're parts of unwieldy media conglomerates. They're bad because they're monopolies (even where... →

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Chains do more than bargain down prices from suppliers or divide fixed costs across a lot of units. They rapidly spread economic discovery - the... →

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Cosmetics makers have always sold 'hope in a jar' - creams and potions that promise youth, beauty, sex appeal, and even love for the women... →

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Glamour is a beautiful illusion - the word 'glamour' originally meant a literal magic spell - that promises to transcend ordinary life and... →

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Glamour is an imaginative process that creates a specific emotional response: a sharp mixture of projection, longing, admiration, and aspiration. It... →

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Kidney donors don't have to be close relatives of recipients, but they do need to have the right blood type. And kidneys from living donors tend... →

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Like the skyscraper, the automobile, and the motion-picture palace, neon signs once symbolized popular hopes for a new era of technological... →

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Most of us cluster somewhere in the middle of most statistical distributions. But there are lots of bell curves, and pretty much everyone is on a... →

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Religion, art, and science flourish best in a free society. True, freedom does not afford much opportunity for grand gestures. It has little room for... →

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The goal of socialism is a fairer allocation of economic resources, which its advocates often claim will also be a less wasteful one. Socialism is... →

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The profusion of fonts is one more product of the digital revolution. Beginning in the mid-'80s and accelerating in the 1990s, type design... →

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The United States government approaches patient choice in medication as Singapore does free speech: its pronouncements sound reasonable and tolerant... →

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