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Who Gets to Call It Art? Inside the “Artworld” Theory

The institutional theory doesn’t solve every problem, but it does shift the question in an important way.

Adam Smith: The Philosopher Who Revolutionized Economics

Adam Smith proved that to understand markets you must first understand people

Rhoda Power in Russia, 1915–1918

Power’s value as a witness is not that she explained Russia. She refused the false comfort of tidy causes.