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Chicken joke: Robert Fogel

17May09

Q: Why did the chicken cross the road? Robert W. Fogel: Dozens of cliometricians are working on the problem right now, and no doubt a definitive, scientific answer will soon be forthcoming.

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Q: Why did the chicken cross the road? Daniel J. Boorstin: He didn’t need a reason. The chicken didn’t care about politics or ideology. He was one of millions of American domestic fowl heading westward to build new communities, and their inspired efforts would help to make the United States the freest, most prosperous society […]

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