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income inequality

Posted inFeatured, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes

All Aboard for an Adventure in Inequality

by Krista Stevens January 26, 2021October 19, 2022

“‘Did you enjoy your tour? Carrot-ginger soup for lunch today!’ And please don’t look at the corpse over there.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

Honey Bees, Worker Bees, and the Economic Violence of Land Grabs

by Sari Botton April 1, 2019October 19, 2022

In this collaboration with Economic Hardship Reporting Project, Melissa Chadburn challenges her own belief that environmental justice issues are reserved for people of privilege.

Posted inBooks, Business, Current Events, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story

Maybe What We Need Is … More Politics?

by Aaron Timms February 19, 2019October 19, 2022

Recent books by economists who hope to “save capitalism” dismiss popular ideas as “just politics.” But why assume the popular is the enemy of the good?

Posted inEditor's Pick

Why Does It Feel Like Everyone Has More Money Than You?

by Sari Botton February 14, 2019October 19, 2022

Jen Doll considers the value of millennials owning whatever privilege and generational wealth they’ve benefitted from as a step toward acknowledging that the path to success isn’t a level playing field, and income inequality is a major obstacle for many.

Posted inNonfiction

Longreads Best of 2018: Business Writing

by Longreads December 21, 2018October 19, 2022

We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in business writing.

Skyscrapers
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

The Urban Crisis of Affluence

by Catherine Cusick June 20, 2018October 19, 2022

An investment property is not a home. Neither are cities where most people can’t afford to live.

Posted inBusiness & Tech, Nonfiction, Quotes

Buying Everything You Need at the Dollar Store

by Catherine Cusick December 5, 2017October 19, 2022

You just can’t need greens. Or fruit. Or a higher net income.

Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story, Writing

Youth From Every Quarter

by Longreads July 17, 2017October 19, 2022

A teacher at an elite boarding school confronts her own confused leap up the ladder of class privilege.

Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Writing

Youth From Every Quarter

by Longreads July 17, 2017October 19, 2022

A teacher at an elite boarding school confronts her own confused leap up the ladder of class privilege.

smokestacks and air pollution
Posted inFeatured, Nonfiction, Quotes

The End of (Almost) Everything and (Almost) Everyone

by michelleweber February 21, 2017October 19, 2022

Writing in The Baffler, Laurie Penny explores what it will mean for the civilization to collapse slowly, because of climate change, rather than in a single nuclear bang.

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