A deeply reported history of the past four decades of handing public services over to private companies provides a stunning account of how not to govern.
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What Common Good?
Adrian Vermeule has a new constitutional theory that hides its religious foundations.
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The Cure for Hate Speech Is Not More Speech
A new book considers how colleges and universities should deal with committed racists.
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How High Energy Prices Emboldened Putin
Rupert Russell’s new book shows how the financialization of commodity prices worsens volatility and destabilizes geopolitics. It couldn’t be more timely.
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Homelessness Meets Cluelessness
Michael Shellenberger applies conservative culture war clichés to the housing problem.
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The Visuals of 2021
Prospect Art Director Jandos Rothstein shows off his favorite illustrations and designs of the year.
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The Myth of Artificial Intelligence
‘The Age of AI’ advances a larger political and corporate agenda.
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Built to Lie
A new book about the Boeing 737 MAX disaster exposes the company’s allergy to the truth.
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Who Said Musicals Are for Kids?
Stephen Sondheim and the adult-ification of the American musical theater
