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There is a man in his mid-fifties who works in logistics outside of Columbus, Ohio. He owns his home outright, drives a truck he paid cash for, and has a 401(k) that has roughly doubled in the past decade, tracking the market as he was told it would. By the numbers that define American economic Read More “Stability Versus Growth in Late-Stage Capitalism”
A generation ago, if you wanted to find the cultural center of gravity, you could do worse than stand in the middle of a mall on a Saturday afternoon. Teenagers clustered in loose circles, families drifted between storefronts, and the food court served as a kind of informal parliament of everyday life. The space was Read More “The New Town Square Has a Login Screen”
There are moments in a long project when it is worth pausing to look around and take stock of who is still standing with you. This is one of those moments. With this note, we also close Season 2 of “What Still Works in America.” The idea behind the series has remained simple. The country Read More “The Things That Still Work and the People Who Keep Them Working”