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Economics and other interesting stuff

Towns and cities nationwide are today’s incubators for ideas that will tell the modern story of American renewal. People are experimenting in innovative ways that drive progress. We share their stories here.

Clyde’s Newsletter

By Clyde Prestowitz

Rethinking Globalization, China, and Industrial Policy.

Craftsmanship

The latest news from Craftsmanship: a not-for-profit, multimedia publication that highlights master artisans and innovators who are creating a world built to last.

'Craftsmanship' and its team have sent an exceptional example about how to do original, first-tier, against-the-grain reportage about some of the real creators in current society.

- James Fallows

Nonzero Newsletter

By Robert Wright

Politics, psychology and tips on averting the apocalypse.

Culture Study

By Anne Helen Petersen

Think more about the culture that surrounds you

Steve Kelman on politics, culture, and life

it will reprint many of my Facebook posts in these areas. Most will be short

GoozNews

By Merrill Goozner

Informed commentary on healthcare, public policy and politics

I've learned from Merrill's reporting and analysis for decades, and now.

- James Fallows

PRESS RUN

By Eric Boehlert

Fearless media commentary

News and analysis

An especially good view -- watching history happen

Backbencher

By Timothy Noah

Politics, economics, domestic policy, and a smattering of culture.

Popular Information

By Judd Legum

Independent accountability journalism.

The Best of Journalism

By Conor Friedersdorf

Links to exceptional nonfiction. Stay informed and engaged without the anxiety of endlessly surfing the web.

Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality

Economic history, economics, political economy, finance, & forecasting. Here to try to make you (and me) smarter in a world with many increasingly deep & complicated troubles...

I've followed and learned from Brad DeLong's economic and world-events analysis since back in the previous century!

- James Fallows

On the Trail with Nick Kristof

By Nicholas Kristof

a has-been journalist and has-been politician looking at the world through Oregon eyes

Nick has been on the road, and reporting realities, all across the world and within the United States. Very much worth following.

- James Fallows

Robert’s Newsletter

By Robert Litan

Economics, politics, education, sports, life, whatever I feel like readers may be interested in

Bob Litan is a clear-eyed, big-hearted, common-sense guide to the intersection of public policy and public life.

- James Fallows

Notes from a Small Press

By Anne Trubek

Think of these as signatures, unbound. Thoughts, explanations, and screeds about the publishing industry by Anne Trubek, founder of Belt Publishing. For the bound version, pick up "So You Want To Publish A Book?" Belt Publishing, July 2020.

Sinocism

By Bill Bishop

Get smarter about China

Trade War

By Dexter Roberts

The latest, most vital news on China's economy and its business and political relationship with the world

Dexter Roberts knows what he is talking about—when it comes to China, the US, and other cultures and economies affected by them both. I always read what he writes.

- James Fallows