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Book reviews
(December 21, 1996) Ashes to Ashes: America’s Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip Morris. Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Regulation
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Toll roads safer, better-maintained, expert Says
(November 21, 1996) Huge construction and maintenance costs may make tolls inevitable, not only on new highways but on those already in use, a Toronto conference has heard. Continue reading
Posted in Automobile, Toll roads
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What would happen if regional governments disappeared?
(September 30, 1996) First Opinion: Pamela Blais. Reality Check. We need real regional government, not the current patchwork. The city is a single economic unit — one labor market, one production complex, one consumption market. Continue reading
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The Next City Discussion Group, Making art that matters (part 2)
(September 21, 1996) Letters and Responses – Andrew Coyne really hit the nail on the head. I buy original art, but I can decide for myself what culture I’ll pay for, and I don’t see why I should support it through my taxes. Continue reading
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The Next City Discussion Group – Making art that matters(Part 1)
(September 21, 1996) “We work in the dark,” Henry James wrote in The Middle Years, “we do what we can — we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.” Continue reading
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Urban Renaissance Institute 