Imagining an economy based in environmental reality
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Putting Creativity on Your Tab
Dropping acid at the office? Everybody’s doing it.
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‘Midwesterners Have Seen Themselves As Being in the Center of Everything.’
In “The Heartland,” Kristin L. Hoganson says America’s Midwest has been more connected to global events than popular history allows — especially popular history as told in the Midwest.
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Clocking Out
Can we imagine an economy built for free time?
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It Turns Out No One’s in Kansas Anymore
Kansas is great at growing wheat, but growing wheat hasn’t been great for Kansas.
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Edward Gorey: A Highly Conjectural Man
When asked if there was “anything people don’t understand” about him, Gorey responded: “Yes. No. Yes. No.” A new biography by Mark Dery attempts to sort myth from reality.
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The Lost Boys of #MeToo
When we hear “sexual abuse” we think “women and girls.” But Hollywood’s boy actors are suffering in a different way.
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If the Rich Really Want To ‘Do Good,’ They Should Become Class Traitors Like FDR
“Winners Take All” is an indictment of the insular, Disneyfied world of Ted Talks, “thought leaders” and philanthropy as self-help for rich people. But does it go far enough?
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Earth to Congress
The world-changing potential of a Green New Deal
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The American Worth Ethic
Like so many of our lofty ideals, the “American Work Ethic” is actually two different standards — one for the wealthy and one for the poor — with two different interpretations of what work looks like.
