Nathaniel Ward

Sunday Links: Dealing with Critics, Dupont Circle’s History, the Gold Standard and ATM Fees

Tim Ferriss offers advice for dealing with online critics, much of it based on the axiom that you can’t please all the people all the time.

The Library of Congress’ online catalog includes several great old pictures of Dupont Circle, including this one of the circle before the fountain was installed:

Photo Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C. from the Library of Congress

Sean Fieler and Jeffrey bell ask whether we should revisit the gold standard as one way to rein in runaway government.

Last but not least, Reihan Salam explores whether legislation to limit ATM fees will be counterproductive. He cites a fun article on the topic by Thomas Hazlett, who sarcastically asks, “can anyone explain why at a price of $0, quantity supplied is nil?”