What’s next, heads or tails?

How the gambler’s fallacy causes bad decisions.

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08.31.2015

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Volume 112, Number 1

In the age of technology giants, does capitalism need protection from big business? Luigi Zingales thinks so.

A chance encounter in a bookstore brought a Chicago writer back into the spotlight. Plus: “Power Failure,” a short story by Bette Howland.

The heroism of World War I pilot Harold Goettler, AS 1914, SB 1914.

Fellow justices, former clerks, journalists, and court watchers reflect on a singular Supreme Court career.

How a lawyer-turned-scientist-turned-entrepreneur helped establish Afghanistan’s first national park.

Microbiologist Maurice Hilleman, PhD’44, and his feathered friends.