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What’s Inside America’s Banks?

The financial crisis had many causes—too much borrowing, foolish investments, misguided regulation—but at its core, the panic resulted from a lack of transparency. The reason no one…
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2212 words)

The Insourcing Boom

For much of the past decade, General Electric’s storied Appliance Park, in Louisville, Kentucky, appeared less like a monument to American manufacturing prowess than a memorial to it. The very…
LENGTH: 5 minutes (1367 words)

How Columbus Day Fell Victim to Its Own Success

It's worth remembering that the now-controversial holiday started as a way to empower immigrants and celebrate American diversity. Children show Italian pride during an annual Columbus Day parade in…
PUBLISHED: Oct. 8, 2012
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1659 words)

I Was Kim Jong Il's Cook

The author, who writes under a pseudonym, is a Japanese sushi chef. In 1982, at the invitation of a Japanese-North Korean trading company, he started working in a sushi restaurant in Pyongyang. In…
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1693 words)
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