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September 1985 Issue
September 1985 Cover
This magazine has been fully digitized as a part of The Atlantic's archive. Each article originally printed in this magazine is available here, complete and unedited from the historical print. Read more from this magazine, or explore the full archive.
  • Ornette's Permanent Revolution
    Francis Davis
  • House
    Tracy Kidder
  • The Red Mime of Milan
    Charles C. Mann
  • Race, Class, and the City
    Jack Beatty
  • Ear Versus Mind
    William H. Youngren
  • Confessions of a Concierge
    Phoebe-Lou Adams

Getting Off the Dole

A proposal to reform the unemployment-compensation system

By Robert Kuttner
September 1985 Issue
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