They want abundance. But they ignore who profits most from scarcity.
Books
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Exemplary Radical Skeptic
Christopher Jencks, one of the Prospect’s founding group, has died.
Posted inBooks
Pulled in All Directions
Chris Hayes’s new book argues that the demand for attention has taken over every facet of our lives.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Best of 2024: Rick Perlstein
Our columnist closes out his one-year run with his favorites of the year.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Best of 2024: Hassan Ali Kanu
Our staff writer offers his best of the year.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Conrad and Me
The second in a series of ‘billionaires I have known’
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Palestine, Writing, and Everything Else
Ta-Nehisi Coates’s lovely little book on big, urgent matters
Posted inEconomic Policy
A Conversation With Daniel Chandler
The author of ‘Free and Equal’ reflects on the failure of the center-left and the rise of right-wing populism and Trump.
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Cascading Shame
Arlie Russell Hochschild returns to study the motivations of the left-behind right.