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Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEconomics
Alec MacGillis has been doing stellar work about some of America’s neglected places, and this piece about a town in Ohio grappling with the imminent closure of a coal-fired power plant is no different: Lee Anderson, director of governmental affairs […]
Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEconomics
Everyone loves a good read about the history of sex robots, right? “Sex robots,” therefore, have always been about more than sex. They’ve been a cultural repository for wider uncertainties in times of social change: a literalization of the fear […]
Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEconomics
Everyone loves a good read about the history of sex robots, right? “Sex robots,” therefore, have always been about more than sex. They’ve been a cultural repository for wider uncertainties in times of social change: a literalization of the fear […]
Matthew LoftusCultureHistoryEconomics
Note: I am sorry for the inconsistent posting schedule. Our family moved two weeks ago to our new field of service and the internet here is so inconsistent that I have been unable to connect every time that I sat […]
Matthew LoftusCultureHistoryEconomics
Note: I am sorry for the inconsistent posting schedule. Our family moved two weeks ago to our new field of service and the internet here is so inconsistent that I have been unable to connect every time that I sat […]
Jake MeadorEconomics
The Guardian's story on financial fraud on Instagram is about way more than just technology and finance; it's about poverty, loneliness, and desperation.
Jake MeadorEconomics
The Guardian's story on financial fraud on Instagram is about way more than just technology and finance; it's about poverty, loneliness, and desperation.
Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEconomics
I love it when Eve Tushnet gets on her soapbox about poverty and virtue, and this great piece about the much-touted “success sequence” is no exception: The people I speak with believe they have a responsibility—there’s that word again—to achieve […]
Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEconomics
I love it when Eve Tushnet gets on her soapbox about poverty and virtue, and this great piece about the much-touted “success sequence” is no exception: The people I speak with believe they have a responsibility—there’s that word again—to achieve […]
Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEconomics
Tara Ann Thieke describes the ugly side of childcare and the harms parents do to themselves and their children.
Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEconomics
Tara Ann Thieke describes the ugly side of childcare and the harms parents do to themselves and their children.
Matthew LoftusCultureEconomicsHealth & Medicine
Diet and socioeconomic status are closely linked because poverty fosters a sense of nihilism about health and the future.