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"Make no little plans," said President Barack Obama last spring as he rolled out a pitch for a high-speed rail network—yet another presidential initiative to lift America out of recession and chart a new national course. In that spirit, The Atlantic offers a few modest proposals for making the world a better place.
Rent Your Own Home
By Felix Salmon
Unleash the Dogs of Peace
By James S. Gibney
Give Up on Democracy in Afghanistan
By Andrew J. Bacevich
Privatize the Seas
By Gregg Easterbrook
Tell the Truth About Colleges
By Thomas Toch
Welcome Guest Workers
By Kerry Howley
Pay the Artists
By Felix Salmon
End All Taxes—Except One
By Reihan Salam
Civilize Homeland Security
By James Fallows
End the Corporate Income Tax
By Megan McArdle
Redesign the Dollar
By Michael Bierut
End the Vice Presidency
By Matthew Yglesias
Teach Drinking
By John McCardell
Buy to Last
By Ellen Ruppel Shell
Train Detroit
By Bruce Selcraig
Doin' It in the Park: No Gatorade (Excerpt)
The Visual Clichés of Instagram
Synthetic Biology
David H. Freedman on smartphone apps and the perfected self, Mark Bowden on being in the dumb kids' class, James Parker on Glenn Beck, Isaac Chotiner on P. G. Wodehouse, and more
Browse back issues of The Atlantic that have appeared on the Web. From September 1995 to the present, the archive is essentially complete, with the exception of a few articles, the online rights to which are held exclusively by the authors.
See All Back Issues: September 1995
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The 11 Days Zuckerberg Spent as One of the 40 Richest Humans
What Critics Get Wrong About Creative Cities
Great Moments in the History of Boondoggles
The Pseudo-Suburbanist's Dilemma
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