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Four More Years

by Thomas Frank,

The Trump reelection nightmare and how we can stop it

The Digital Revolution That Wasn’t

by Jeff Madrick,

For as long as there have been machines, there have been worries about their power to destroy jobs. The Luddites — early-nineteenth-century artisans who bitterly resisted the new textile machinery…

Home of the Whopper

by Thomas Frank,

Let me tell you about this one stretch of Hillsborough Road in Durham, North Carolina. It’s between two freeways, just a short drive from the noble towers of Duke University,…

Education Is Not the Answer

by Jeff Madrick,

Last spring I sat on a panel convened to discuss the publication of The Occupy Handbook, a collection of essays in which a number of prominent economists addressed issues raised…