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Book Review: Simon Kuper’s “Chums”

Americans consumed just as much Arab oil during the 1973 OPEC “embargo” as they did before it. By some accounts, they consumed more. Which is a reminder that if you’re producing, you’re trading with the world. And vice versa. So-called “Arab oil” that the Arab members of OPEC weren’t selling directly into the U.S. […]

Book Review: Simon Kuper’s “Impossible City: Paris In the 21st Century”

By John Tamny / book review, Impossible City: Paris In the 21st Century, Simon Kuper / July 25, 2025

I’ve never been a fan of Paris. To read about Paris is to read about its beauty, charm and sophistication, but when I first visited in 1998, it struck me as rundown, dirty, and way too touristy. Basically a city full of people with cameras (I’m aging myself there) around their necks and ice

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