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Meet the Only NYC Tailor on Wheels
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In our society, there seems a general rule that, the more obviously one’s work benefits other people, the less one is likely to be paid for it,” the late anthropologist and activist David Graeber wrote, in 2018.
Jia Tolentino • Can Motherhood Be a Mode of Rebellion?
By consenting to these terms, Katia upheld a deeply unequal system in which girls circulated between men on men’s terms, while generating surplus value for them in the form of money, social ties, and status. This system is what anthropologist Gayle Rubin referred to, in her now famous 1975 essay, as “the traffic in women.” Rubin had sought to addre
... See moreAshley Mears • Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit
Brookings Institute
Sarah Kessler • Gigged: The Gig Economy, the End of the Job and the Future of Work
What finer characteristics could a system like capitalism seek in a worker?
Micki McGee • Self-Help, Inc.: Makeover Culture in American Life
Last year, we conducted the first rigorous analysis of the millions of Americans who produce
Siddhartha Aneja • Taking Root: The Growth of America's New Creative Economy
Fashion implies a desire to see and be seen while affirming the need for public spaces and occasions. To the tech world, those positive externalities look suspiciously inefficient
Drew Austin • Worn Out — Real Life
exploring the personal and political economy of scrounging as a means of survival.
Jeff Ferrell • Empire of Scrounge: Inside the Urban Underground of Dumpster Diving, Trash Picking, and Street Scavenging (Alternative Criminology)
A Company’s Social Contract With Its Labor Supply