This occurred to me last weekend: three major books were published in 1962: Buchanan & Tullock’s The Calculus of Consent, Rothbard’s Man, Economy, and State, and Friedman’s Capitalism and Freedom.
At the same time, Walmart, Kmart, and Target all opened in 1962.
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J Storrs Hall
Nov 14 2014 at 8:53pm
John Glenn’s orbits, the launch of Telstar. The first video game, Spacewar, appeared. The Jetsons debuted. Arthur C. Clarke published Profiles of the Future.
And last but not least, “Tom Swift, Jr. and his Triphibian Atomicar.”
Mark Bahner
Nov 14 2014 at 10:21pm
The Cuban Missile Crisis!
The world came within a few minutes from ending for perhaps hundreds of millions of people.
That’s why we should all have a picture of Visili Arkhipov in our homes.
The least-known hero of the 20th century
Morgan
Nov 15 2014 at 7:03pm
Also in 1962, Woolco.
Roger Koppl
Nov 16 2014 at 12:07pm
In Search of a Monetary Constitution
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