And a sense of human dignity is at the core of John Irving's writing.

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Billionaire John Irving has died at age 78 after battling an illness.

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Irving John Good famously described the development of an ultraintelligent machine as the "last invention that man need ever make, " for after that, humanity would cede innovation and technological development to its smarter progeny.

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John Maynard Keynes and Irving Fisher, among others, opposed the gold standard as a waste of valuable resources.

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An Olympic roster that includes Irving, John Wall, and DeMarcus Cousins, along with other prime young talent like Blake Griffin and Anthony Davis, would certainly compete strongly for a Gold Medal.

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They are testing the theories of four dead white guys: Irving Fisher (representing the classical economists), John Keynes (the Keynesian school), Ludwig von Mises (the Austrian school), and Milton Friedman (the monetarist school).

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