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Viva La Evolution! Requiem for Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution

Jamie Oliver's culinary crusade in Los Angeles has been killed in its crib. And that's unhealthy for us all.
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Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution has failed. And that sucks ammonia-washed hamburger.
Oliver’s truly revolutionary nutrition crusade was canceled by ABC in May, before its final episodes could even air. With only two remaining shows, the first of which airs Friday, Food Revolution’s uncomfortable but often hilarious unmasking of pointless obesity, political machinations and crappy school menus has proven too real for even so-called reality television.
It wasn’t supposed to ...
Can We Prevent The Next Bubble?
It’s been three years since the collapse of the last economic bubble, so it’s probably time to start worrying about the next one. Sure enough, commentators are increasingly concerned about gold bubbles, Tech 2.0 bubbles and venture capital bubbles. To be clear, I know nothing about any of these bubbles; this post isn’t about the virtues of a Groupon IPO or the true value of precious metals. Instead, I’m interested in the persistence of all bubbles. Why are they so inevitable? Why don’t we ever learn? And can they be prevented?
But first, a little history: One of the first financial bubbles was...