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Viral Goods

From reports of items whose popularity has increased since the novel coronavirus outbreak was declared a pandemic in March. Antiseptic wipes Bleach Bicycles Freezers Cologne Ventilators Surgical masks Pornography featuring…

The Real Deal

From trades proposed on Super Anti-Bachaqueo Truekes, a Venezuelan Facebook group that facilitates barters for household goods.

The essentials

by Harper’s Staff,

Good news for the big guy

by George W.S. Trow,

The Paring Knife at the Crossroads

by Bernard Augustine De Voto,

From the April 1939 Harper’s Magazine. As noted in the film Julie and Julia. The Easy Chair has subscribed to the service of Consumers’ Research almost from the beginning,…

Catching up with the inventors

by Arthur Train,

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by Harper’s Staff,

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