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Capitalism

All in the Family

From “Family Capitalism and the Small Business Insurrection,” which was published in the Winter 2022 issue of Dissent. Progressives have struggled to comprehend the foundations of the far right’s continuing…

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Wildlife Fund

From “Animal, Vegetable, Capital,” an essay that appeared in Issue 3 of Lux Magazine. Recently, following some rounds of trial and error in search of food that wouldn’t upset my…

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Life After Trump

Reality after trump Tabloids after trump Movies after trump Relationships after trump Manners after trump Imagination after trump Gold after trump Conversation after trump Punctuation after trump Apologies after trump…

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The Silenced Majority

Can America still afford democracy?

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Disappearing Ink

From Kant’s Little Prussian Head and Other Reasons Why I Write, a collection of essays, which will be published next month by W. W. Norton. We live in an era…

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Is Poverty Necessary?

Who generates value in the modern economy, and who should benefit?

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Is Poverty Necessary?

An idea that won’t go away

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Save Our Public Universities

In defense of America’s best idea

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Left of Bernie

You say you want a revolution

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