Sep 2026· Dissent (New York)· Vol 73, pp. 120 - 124· 0 citations
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Abstract:In the summer of 1921, a business journalist named Samuel Crowther reached out to Ernest Liebold, the personal secretary of automobile magnate Henry Ford. Crowther had previously interviewed Ford for a magazine profile. After the piece, he'd talked with his publisher about how it seemed like there was an opportunity for something more. As he wrote to Liebold, "Ford has done more than build a new and better automobile." Crowther believed that the "theories and practices" Ford had developed marked "the largest step forward to civilization that the world has ever taken." (As Crowther put it later, "The Ford industries are built on ideas and the brick and mortar only help carry out the ideas.") He proposed to spend six hours interviewing Ford, and then to turn the results into an "economic classic" that would do greater good for the world than any book ever published other than the Bible.
Abstract:In hotel ballrooms across Iowa on the eve of the state's 2020 caucuses, members of the Yang Gang handed out fake $1,000 bills with the face of presidential candidate Andrew Yang and the emblazoned words "FREEDOM DIVIDEND." This funny money was kitsch, but what it represented was, even for those who knew better...
In 1983, when Wallace Stegner proclaimed that national parks were America’s best idea, he was responding to two basic themes then running through American culture and politics. First, he wanted to capture in one phrase his immense pride in and gratitude for a nation that had made and sustained its commitment to protect...
This updated, revised, and expanded edition of Christian Felber'sChange Everythingtakes account of new developments within now-global Economy for the Common Good movement, answers its most vocal critics, and shows how contemporary geopolitical developments highlight in sharper relief than ever the need to do business d...
The 1970s were an era of great change for Newark, as its industrial economy fled overseas in search of cheap labor leaving thousands unemployed in their wake as the city reeled from the effects of the Newark Rebellion. The Ironbound neighborhood was hit hardest, losing the Ballantine Brewery and other major employers i...
Emily Gioberti· New Jersey Studies: an Inter...· 0 citations
ABSTRACT In 2022, the author, Cory Doctorow, coined the term “enshittification” to describe how the internet is declining in value to its end-users, due to the prevalence of monopolies and an emphasis on short-term gain over upholding long-term standards and practices. He diagnosed a cycle that has become common to dig...
Cory Doctorow· Bulletin of the Atomic Scien...· 0 citations
Abstract:Is there a better place to build an ultra-luxury resort than on a former military base in the Adriatic? For Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, there was no question. In December 2024, shortly after Donald Trump won his second term, the Albanian government gave preliminary approval for the couple's project on Saza...
Paige Oamek· Dissent (New York)· 0 citations
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