Derek Thompson
He is also the author of the book Hit Makers and the host of the podcast Plain English.
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Peter Marlow / Magnum What Don’t People Get About Your Job?
This is a special edition of the Work in Progress newsletter. And this one is all about you.
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Getty; Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic Quiet Quitting Is a Fake Trend
What people are now calling “quiet quitting” was, in previous decades, simply known as “having a job.”
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Tyler Comrie / The Atlantic; Getty The World Really Is Getting Better
Talking with Bill Gates about progress, the best news in the world, and the future of food
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Erik Carter / The Atlantic; Getty Your Career Is Just One-Eighth of Your Life
Five pieces of career advice, shaped by economics, psychology, and a little bit of existential math
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Peter van Agtmael / Magnum America Is a Rich Death Trap
It’s not just the pandemic. For citizens of a wealthy country, Americans of every age, at every income level, are unusually likely to die, from guns, drugs, cars, and disease.
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The Atlantic All the Personal-Finance Books Are Wrong
They tend to treat their readers like fools without willpower. So you could argue that they’re wrong for the right reasons.
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Carlos Chavarría; Getty; The Atlantic The Secret to Reclaiming the American Dream
Look to friends and parents.
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Cassie Basford There Is No National Teacher Shortage
The narrative doesn’t match the numbers.
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Getty; The Atlantic Why the Rent Inflation Is So Damn High
It’s just the latest chapter in the “everything is weird” economy.
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John J. Custer Why the Old Elite Spend So Much Time at Work
In practically every field of human endeavor, the average age of achievement and power is rising.
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The Atlantic Is This a Recession? Wrong Question.
It’s the numbers that matter, not the nomenclature.
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Paul Spella / The Atlantic; Getty Why Your House Was So Expensive
Material-cost inflation, anti-building rules, NIMBY attitudes, and barriers to innovation have created a housing-affordability crisis.
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The Atlantic The Everything-Is-Weird Economy
If gas prices are plummeting, why is inflation rising? If jobs are growing, why is GDP falling? If everybody’s on vacation, why are consumers miserable?
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Win McNamee / Getty Elon Musk Is a ‘Nightmare Client’
Musk cites three reasons for terminating his merger with Twitter. A new lawsuit points out why each of those reasons is extremely flimsy.
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Paul Spella / The Atlantic; Getty The Biggest Problem With Remote Work
Companies need a new kind of middle manager: the synchronizer.
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Getty; The Atlantic Six Reasons the Murder Clearance Rate Is at an All-Time Low
For the past 60 years, U.S. detectives have gotten worse at one of the most basic jobs of law enforcement.
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Dustin Chambers / The New York Times / … Air Travel Is a Disaster Right Now. Here’s Why.
The U.S. seems to suffer from chronic Nothing Works Syndrome.
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The Atlantic; Getty How a Recession Could Weaken the Work-From-Home Revolution
Company culture may soon resemble what bosses want, rather than what workers want—and that could mean a lot more people in the office.
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The Atlantic; Getty America’s Most Important Economic Storyteller Is Confused
An old economy is dying, and a new economy is struggling to be born. Now is the time of monstrously confusing data.
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Getty The End of the Millennial Lifestyle Subsidy
Something beyond rising energy and labor costs is leading to sticker shock on once-cheap urban amenities.
