Taking the Road Less Traveled

"Life is a series of problems. Do we want to moan about them or solve them?"

Best of my Knowledge

Just a couple of months ago, I was spending my evenings at the University of Chicago library, poring over dusty books on early modern economics and science and wondering what direction my life was taking. I had grown accustomed to the university’s little haven of academic debate, and the threatening business world beyond seemed so far away.

Letter from the Editor - Winter 2007

As I look out my office window, it is obvious that there is an ongoing struggle between the big and the small.

To the south, a street stretches across the horizon with almost every big-box store imaginable lining its sidewalks. To the southeast, the headquarters of the McDonald’s Corporation rises out of the morning mist. With such a contrast between these giants and the everyday American small business, it seems that it is time for an equalizer.