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Sabbath and soil - Doctors Without Boredom

Years ago, when I first studied Isaiah 58, I found its call to honor the Sabbath mingled with the call to do away with violence and injustice odd. I suppose that I had grown up thinking of Sabbath-keeping as a […]

Matthew LoftusCultureHistoryEconomics

"Uncontrolled liberalism, in other words, prepares the grounds for its own demise." - Doctors Without Boredom

There are some very sharp insights in this interview with Pankaj Mishra in the LA Review of Books: “Liberal modernity,” you’ve argued, “has prepared the ground for its destruction” by unleashing forces that are “uncontrollable.” Have these forces contributed to […]

Matthew LoftusCultureHistoryEconomics

"Uncontrolled liberalism, in other words, prepares the grounds for its own demise." - Doctors Without Boredom

There are some very sharp insights in this interview with Pankaj Mishra in the LA Review of Books: “Liberal modernity,” you’ve argued, “has prepared the ground for its destruction” by unleashing forces that are “uncontrollable.” Have these forces contributed to […]

Matthew LoftusCultureEconomics

"economics of meaning" - Doctors Without Boredom

Shadi Hamid has a very interesting essay in American Affairs Journal about the possibilities of left populism and the “economics of meaning”: It might be tempting to say that Left populists simply need a “hero”; the Left, unlike the Right, […]

Matthew LoftusCultureEconomics

"economics of meaning" - Doctors Without Boredom

Shadi Hamid has a very interesting essay in American Affairs Journal about the possibilities of left populism and the “economics of meaning”: It might be tempting to say that Left populists simply need a “hero”; the Left, unlike the Right, […]

Matthew LoftusEconomics

what Amazon got out of the HQ2 search - Doctors Without Boredom

Amazon got more than just some tax breaks in its HQ2 search: But arguably even more concerning than deepening regional inequality and the possibility of Bezos becoming the landlord of the nation’s capital is the fact that few cities will […]

Matthew LoftusEconomics

what Amazon got out of the HQ2 search - Doctors Without Boredom

Amazon got more than just some tax breaks in its HQ2 search: But arguably even more concerning than deepening regional inequality and the possibility of Bezos becoming the landlord of the nation’s capital is the fact that few cities will […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEconomics

migration and American identity - Doctors Without Boredom

Luma Simms has two very interesting pieces interacting with Reihan Salam’s new book Melting Pot or Civil War? One is at Public Discourse and the other is at Law and Liberty: From the first piece: Immigration, work migration, the flight […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEconomics

migration and American identity - Doctors Without Boredom

Luma Simms has two very interesting pieces interacting with Reihan Salam’s new book Melting Pot or Civil War? One is at Public Discourse and the other is at Law and Liberty: From the first piece: Immigration, work migration, the flight […]

Matthew LoftusCultureEconomics

video killed the #1 burger joint in the country - Doctors Without Boredom

This is a really sad story that I think is ultimately about power, technology, and the way in which media shapes our understanding of ourselves and the world around us: In my office, I have a coffee mug from Stanich’s […]

Matthew LoftusCultureEconomics

video killed the #1 burger joint in the country - Doctors Without Boredom

This is a really sad story that I think is ultimately about power, technology, and the way in which media shapes our understanding of ourselves and the world around us: In my office, I have a coffee mug from Stanich’s […]

Matthew LoftusCultureEconomicsHealth & Medicine

"The FDA's Mango-Flavored Trolley Problem" - Doctors Without Boredom

Don’t you just love that headline? These competing concerns leave the FDA trying to thread a particularly tricky needle: How do they get these products into the hands of the people who need them, while keeping them away from people […]