Interview Justin Farrell on Billionaire Wilderness April 21, 2020 Billionaire Wilderness聽takes you inside the exclusive world of the ultra-wealthy, showing how today鈥檚 richest people are using the natural environment to solve the existential dilemmas they face. Read More
Video In Dialogue with Caitlin Zaloom and Jennifer Morton: Mobility costs and compromises March 30, 2020 Caitlin Zaloom and Jennifer Morton discuss the financial pressures of paying for college and the impact on the lives and well-being of middle-class families. Read More
Essay The way we work: Old rules and new realities March 18, 2020 The way we work is not sustainable. Sherwin knows this well. He has twenty years of experience as a skilled information technology (IT) professional and is one of the many professionals and managers we interviewed in a Fortune 500 company we call TOMO. Read More
Essay Why we need snarky book reviews鈥攁ccording to reviewers January 23, 2020 In 2010, the Huffington Post compiled a list of 鈥淭he Five Meanest Book Reviews Ever: Franzen, Foer, Larson, and more.鈥澛燭he chart included some real zingers. Read More
Video Phillipa Chong on Inside the Critics鈥� Circle January 14, 2020 Taking readers behind the scenes in the world of fiction reviewing, Inside the Critics鈥� Circle explores the ways that critics evaluate books despite the inherent subjectivity involved, and the uncertainties of reviewing when seemingly anyone can be a reviewer. Read More
Interview Jennifer C. Lena on Entitled September 30, 2019 Two centuries ago, wealthy entrepreneurs founded the American cathedrals of culture鈥攎useums, theater companies, and symphony orchestras鈥攖o mirror European art. But today鈥檚 American arts scene has widened to embrace multitudes. Read More
Interview Sharon Marcus on The Drama of Celebrity August 19, 2019 Why do so many people care so much about celebrities? Who decides who gets to be a star? What are the privileges and pleasures of fandom? Do celebrities ever deserve the outsized attention they receive? Read More
Essay Sketches from Red Meat Republic June 15, 2019 Joshua Specht puts people at the heart of Red Meat Republic鈥攖he big cattle ranchers who helped to drive the nation鈥檚 westward expansion, the meatpackers who created a radically new kind of industrialized slaughterhouse, and the stockyard workers who were subjected to the shocking and unsanitary conditions described by Upton Sinclair in his novel The Jungle. Read More
Interview Public Thinker: Issa Kohler-Hausmann on Misdemeanors and Mass Incarceration December 26, 2018 While most critics of the American criminal justice system condemn mass incarceration, fewer have turned a critical eye to practices that result in punishment other than imprisonment. Read More
Essay Matthew Salganik: The Open Review of Bit by Bit, Part 2鈥擧igher sales April 18, 2018 This post is the second in a three part series about the Open Review of Bit by Bit: Social Research in the Digital Age. This post describes how Open Review led to higher sales. Read More
Essay Matthew Salganik: The Open Review of Bit by Bit, Part 3鈥擨ncreased access to knowledge April 18, 2018 This is the third post in a three part series about the Open Review of Bit by Bit: Social Research in the Digital Age. This post describes how Open Review led to increased access to knowledge. Read More
Essay Matthew Salganik: The Open Review of Bit by Bit, Part 1鈥擝etter books April 18, 2018 My new book Bit by Bit: Social Research in the Digital Age is for social scientists who want to do more data science, data scientists who want to do more social science, and anyone interesting in the combination of these two fields. Read More
Interview Eviatar Zerubavel on Taken for Granted February 24, 2018 Why is the term "openly gay" so widely used but "openly straight" is not? What are the unspoken assumptions behind terms like "male nurse," "working mom," and "white trash?" Read More
