Work in Progress
Rogé Karma investigates the mysteries of a complicated economy.
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Paul Spella / The Atlantic; Getty The Biggest Problem With Remote Work
Companies need a new kind of middle manager: the synchronizer.
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Getty; The Atlantic Six Reasons the Murder Clearance Rate Is at an All-Time Low
For the past 60 years, U.S. detectives have gotten worse at one of the most basic jobs of law enforcement.
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Dustin Chambers / The New York Times / … Air Travel Is a Disaster Right Now. Here’s Why.
The U.S. seems to suffer from chronic Nothing Works Syndrome.
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The Atlantic; Getty How a Recession Could Weaken the Work-From-Home Revolution
Company culture may soon resemble what bosses want, rather than what workers want—and that could mean a lot more people in the office.
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The Atlantic; Getty America’s Most Important Economic Storyteller Is Confused
An old economy is dying, and a new economy is struggling to be born. Now is the time of monstrously confusing data.
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Getty The End of the Millennial Lifestyle Subsidy
Something beyond rising energy and labor costs is leading to sticker shock on once-cheap urban amenities.
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Paul Spella / The Atlantic ‘Everything Is Terrible, but I’m Fine’
A mentality that explains a lot about the economy, electoral politics, and human nature
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The Atlantic The U.S. Housing Market Has Peaked
But no, we’re not headed for anything even close to 2008.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic The Crypto Crash Is Just the Start
Is the U.S. destined to have a recession in 2022?
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Al Barry / Stringer / Getty The Forgotten Stage of Human Progress
Invention is easily overrated, and implementation is often underrated.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic; Arturo Holmes / … This Is How America’s Culture War Death Spirals
Why Disney vs. DeSantis is the future of politics
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Alec Soth / Magnum Why Americans Are Leaving Downtowns in Droves
The rise of remote work has snipped the tether between home and office, allowing many white-collar workers to move out of high-cost cities.
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Kevin Winter / Getty A Stanford Psychologist Says He’s Cracked the Code of One-Hit Wonders
What separates Blind Melon from Shania Twain?
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Getty; The Atlantic Why American Teens Are So Sad
Four forces are propelling the rising rates of depression among young people.
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Getty; The Atlantic This Is What Happens When There Are Too Many Meetings
Why a 9-to-10 is the new 9-to-5
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The Atlantic Why U.S. Population Growth Is Collapsing
A country grows or shrinks in three ways.
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Harold M. Lambert / Getty The Myth That Most Americans Hate Their Job
Resignations are rising because people are seeing more job listings, not because they’re feeling more Marxist.
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Peter Hirth / laif / Redux Russia’s Economic Blackout Will Change the World
Like all novel experiments, the group punishment of Russia is a leap into the unknown.
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Victor Berzkin / AP Russia’s Looming Economic Collapse
This is terra incognita for economic policy. No country has ever faced this kind of global freeze-out.
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Getty; Paul Spella / The Atlantic Forget ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’
A new book suggests that the best way to save the planet is through abundance.
