To Sarah Jaffe, the idea that you can love your job has become a trap.
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Debating Antitrust Policy and Efficient Markets
An exchange stimulated by Zach Carter’s review of Barry Lynn’s ‘Liberty From All Masters’
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‘Mank’ Is Fake News About Fake News
But by inventing a plot point in his biopic about Herman J. Mankiewicz, David Fincher creates an inadvertent truth about our political moment.
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Best of 2020: The Visuals
Prospect Art Director Jandos Rothstein’s view of the year
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Why Did Obama Forget Who Brought Him to the Dance?
His memoir is strangely silent about the people who organized for him.
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‘No. No. No.’ Obama Said, but He Went On Anyway
Ambition, expectations, disappointment
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The Power of Ideas and the Idea of Power
The progressives won the debate about whether there is a power elite. Now they need to keep the corporate elite from destroying what’s left of our democracy.
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The Trump Show, the Comic Book
A graphic depiction of the election insanity
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The Ebb and Flow of Racial Progress
Is this one of those rare breakthrough moments like Lincoln’s emancipation and the civil rights era of the 1960s—or prologue to more disappointment?
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Unlearning the Lessons of ‘Hillbilly Elegy’
America’s beleaguered poor and working class have a host of problems, but the culture of irresponsibility that J.D. Vance says they’re prey to isn’t one of them.
