The Anti-Carthaginian Historical Society
This institute has as its motto "Carthage must be destroyed." Although technically Carthage was razed to the ground in 146 B.C., Cato members insist that you can never be too careful in matters Carthaginian. Another major concern of Cato's: markets must be free. Iraqis are simmering in the afterglow of the uranium bullets used to enforce that notion, and will be for 2000 years; still, Cato insists it's a $13-million-per-year job to declare that people shouldn't get in money's way. While Cato members may be alone in their hatred of Carthage--and in some of their other curious passions ("Loaded Guns Can Be Good for Kids")--they have a lot of unsavory company for their "free markets" thing... so if you need to get some of that liquidity for yourself, you might try teleportation. And if mobility is simply not an option, why not invest in some company?

SimpleSexSite
Victor Sintron wanted to be an Internet porn king, so he put up a site. Two months later, he awoke to a conference call from five would-be brethren, who threatened to rip off his head and shit down his neck unless he shut down the site within minutes. The problem was that SimpleSexSite.com subverted all the mechanisms that make net porn lucrative. By creating a joystick game in which players won points for "shooting" free "teaser" jpegs--automatically sending Victor the links--our cyber-sleazebag quickly and legally amassed the largest porn collection on the Web. SimpleSexSite.com is now back up, but in disabled form, so that Victor remains compliant with his terms for living. With Web porn interests poised to go public on Wall Street, his story serves as a lens on the formative years of an industry.