Three female aviators who defied their times
Amelia Earhart, Beryl Markham and Hanna Reitsch had nerve to spare, but left very different legacies
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Author: Pat Murphy
Once upon a time, singing cowboys were a real thing
Gene Autry and Roy Rogers helped turn low-budget westerns into a Hollywood money machine
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The road to disaster is often paved by experts
Economist Walt Rostow believed he could engineer history. History had other plans
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Stop romanticizing pirates: They were just efficient thugs
Elected captains, clear rules and shared rewards kept their criminal enterprises running
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Stop pretending we can function without GDP
Diane Coyle’s history of GDP proves it is the only tool that reliably links prosperity to your personal well-being
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