Work in Progress
Rogé Karma investigates the mysteries of a complicated economy.
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Getty; The Atlantic Why Everything in Tech Seems to Be Collapsing at Once
The industry is having a midlife crisis.
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Getty; The Atlantic Democrats Might Have Pulled Off the Biggest Midterm Shock in Decades
Overall, the polls were basically right. It was the vibes that were wrong.
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Getty; The Atlantic The Housing Market Has Gone From Bad to Worse
In 15 years, we’ve had a historic housing crash, a historic housing crunch, a historic pandemic-fueled buying spree, and a historic mortgage-rate spiral.
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Getty; Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic What Moneyball-for-Everything Has Done to American Culture
You can make a thing so perfect that it’s ruined.
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Getty; The Atlantic School Closures Were a Failed Policy
America's pandemic learning losses are real. We need to see that reality clearly to do better next time.
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The Atlantic How the U.K. Became One of the Poorest Countries in Western Europe
Britain chose finance over industry, austerity over investment, and a closed economy over openness to the world.
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Getty; The Atlantic America Is Giving the World a Stomachache
How the Fed could accidentally break the global economy
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Getty / The Atlantic What No One Understands About Your Job
Misconceptions about pastors, playwrights, postal workers, and other professionals
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Ilana Panich-Linsman / The New York Times / … What Americans Don’t Understand About Teachers and Professors
Given that education has become polarized and politicized, it makes sense that educators feel misunderstood and underappreciated.
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Peter Marlow / Magnum What Don’t People Get About Your Job?
This is a special edition of the Work in Progress newsletter. And this one is all about you.
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Getty; Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic Quiet Quitting Is a Fake Trend
What people are now calling “quiet quitting” was, in previous decades, simply known as “having a job.”
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Tyler Comrie / The Atlantic; Getty The World Really Is Getting Better
Talking with Bill Gates about progress, the best news in the world, and the future of food
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Erik Carter / The Atlantic; Getty Your Career Is Just One-Eighth of Your Life
Five pieces of career advice, shaped by economics, psychology, and a little bit of existential math
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Peter van Agtmael / Magnum America Is a Rich Death Trap
It’s not just the pandemic. For citizens of a wealthy country, Americans of every age, at every income level, are unusually likely to die, from guns, drugs, cars, and disease.
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Carlos Chavarría; Getty; The Atlantic The Secret to Reclaiming the American Dream
Look to friends and parents.
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Cassie Basford There Is No National Teacher Shortage
The narrative doesn’t match the numbers.
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Getty; The Atlantic Why the Rent Inflation Is So Damn High
It’s just the latest chapter in the “everything is weird” economy.
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John J. Custer Why the Old Elite Spend So Much Time at Work
In practically every field of human endeavor, the average age of achievement and power is rising.
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Paul Spella / The Atlantic; Getty Why Your House Was So Expensive
Material-cost inflation, anti-building rules, NIMBY attitudes, and barriers to innovation have created a housing-affordability crisis.
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The Atlantic The Everything-Is-Weird Economy
If gas prices are plummeting, why is inflation rising? If jobs are growing, why is GDP falling? If everybody’s on vacation, why are consumers miserable?
