Archive - June 10th, 2016

Delusion at the Gastropub

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“There’s scant evidence that the vogue for artisanal cuisine has produced anything close to a more just, affordable, and robust food economy. If anything, it has driven our already class-segmented food system into still greater polarities, with privileged access to rabbit larb and Japanese uni at the upper end of the spectrum, and a wasteland […]

End of the Manufacturing Renaissance (Such as It Was)

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Is the decline of US manufacturing to a lack of drive on the part of owners or an inability to come to terms labor can accept? Or perhaps the supply, as we push an increasing number of kids into college, is simply dwindling? There are lots of openings, but there’s not a lot of hiring. […]

There’s Now a Porn Genre About How Broke Millennials Are | VICE | United States

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It’s Friday, so let’s talk about economic instability and porn. “Thinking more about the rise in popularity of old-school everyman porn scenarios like the pizza delivery guy example that Sullivan mentioned, the connecting tissue seems to be relatability. […] The rise of PropertySex, then, seems portentous. It reflects the ugly landscape everyone realizes real estate […]

Stephen Colbert Is Having A Very Bad Week

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“That’s Colbert’s biggest problem: He wants to be an all encompassing “America’s Host” when that’s not at all what Colbert is. Colbert is smart and he’s divisive and he has opinions. Yeah, I get that old line, “Republicans watch television, too,” but the world doesn’t work like that anymore. You can still “play to everyone,” […]