Economic Synthesis

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Human society often resembles Pavlovian conditioning, with money acting as a conditioned stimulus, like the bell for Pavlov’s dogs. Money signals promised outcomes, but the true reward...

The influence of the Ottoman Empire and Barbary pirates deeply impacted American conceptualizations of race. Faced with threats of enslavement, early Americans sought protection primarily for whites,...

In the essay "Sex Sells: The Carrot, The Treadmill, and the Complicated Nature of Human Sexual Motivation," the phrase "sex sells" is dissected. It posits that sexuality...