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Amidst the rush of our workaday lives, many of us lack the time to ponder exactly what trade is and why it benefits us. Yet, the answer is short and sweet. Trade means voluntary exchange between human beings, where "exchange" is meant in the broadest possible sense. Economists are usually interested in the kind of exchange that involves goods, services, currency and financial assets. Nonetheless, the logic of these "economic" exchanges is identical to the logic of every kind of nonviolent social interaction...
...novel--or nouvelle. And innovation can encompass cuisines haute and bas. The motto of chef Ferran Adria is a simple but lofty "creation means not copying others." And that means bone marrow crowned with caviar as well as tagliatelle made of strips of jellied consomme. Then there are the workaday renovations: the store-bought zest that transforms the meat loaf, the iced tea in a bottle you can take on the run. Or the moment's fashion sensation: the Flirtini, invented by Ruven the bartender at New York City's Guastavino's, inspired by the HBO series...
Chernuchin hopes past performance is no guarantee of future results, now that workaday Americans buy stocks and CNBC plays in hair salons. In the go-go '80s, he had friends on the Street who once flew him on a leased jet to Pebble Beach in California because they felt like playing golf. "[They] had more in their pockets than I made in a year," he says. But what stuck with him was the drama in their work. "It was the power and the game. They weren't just interested in closing a deal. They wanted to crush the other...
...months ago to replace a lost and lamented Filofax organizer. To win me over completely--not to mention the millions of Palm enthusiasts who dominate the handheld market--Pocket PC would have to be easier to understand and simpler to operate than a Palm, especially when doing boring workaday stuff like entering lunch dates and addresses and jotting down memos...
...would be one of just three workaday jobs he held in his entire life before launching the career as freelance illustrator he pursued until his death...