Matt and Ezra talk about what the tax bill actually does, whether the deficit matters, and a white paper about rugged individualism.
White paper: Frontier Culture: The Roots and Persistence of “Rugged Individualism” in the United States
Other referenced works:
Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (America: a cultural history)
American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America
Dialect Diversity in America: The Politics of Language Change
Are baby bonds a good investment?
Alexa, is Amazon a monopoly?
Is homelessness a crime?
Abortion and the erosion of privacy
What is “fetal personhood”?
A safety net’s poverty trap
Let’s fix child care together
Bringing back the SAT
The AI election
The case for banning...millionaires?
How racism ages Black people
Skipping the broom
Eviction: the scarlet E
Let’s fix retirement together
How to be a (realistic) climate optimist
How celebrity fandom explains Trump
Why we can’t stop talking about Harvard
Are unions making a comeback?
Why are so many kids missing school?
Can Black churches lead the way on teen mental health?
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