The 30,000-Word Job Application
Over the last year, Alana Massey has applied to more than 700 jobs. She reports on all the free words she's created in the process.
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Economics Essays
12 posts
Reality, Still Biting
Gen X is the most economically screwed age group. Were the slackers onto something after all?
Money Between Friends: Silicon Valley’s Embrace of Multi-Level Marketing
In a culture that increasingly valorizes start-ups and social entrepreneurship, and an economy that keeps ordinary people always on the lookout for the next gig, it makes sense that multi-level marketing firms have found a warm reception. But how different are they from their predecessors—and how are they the same?
Sequenced in the U.S.A.: A Desperate Town Hands Over Its DNA
The new American economy in three tablespoons of blood, a Walmart gift card, and a former mill town's DNA.
The Tipping Point: Is This the Beginning of the End for Gratuities?
New technology is nudging Americans to be more generous at the till. For now.
Disenfranchised: Why Are Americans Still Buying Into the Franchise Dream?
In the tight-fisted world of fast food, it's not just the workers who get a lousy deal.
The Quest to Improve America’s Financial Literacy Is Both a Failure and a Sham
Financial literacy promotion may sound perfectly sensible—who wouldn’t want to teach children and adults the secrets of managing money?—but in the face of recent research it looks increasingly like a faith-based initiative.
How a Frustrated Blogger Made Expanding Social Security a Respectable Idea
Thanks to decades of stagnant wages and the Great Recession, more than half of American working-class households are at risk of being unable to sustain their standard of living past retirement. Duncan Black is trying to change that.
Why This Particular Recovery Is So Bad at Creating New Jobs
The good news: Economists are starting to come up with some decent theories as to why this recovery is so bad at generating employment. Now here's the bad news.
Building a Legal Marijuana Industry From the Ground Up
Washington's Initiative 502 legalized pot across the state, but provided only a few guidelines for how to produce, process, and retail the drug. What regulations will lawmakers put in place—and will they convince black market users to switch to a new, regulated industry?