Author Archive
Derek Thompson
Digital Government
Silicon Valley’s New Obsession
A group of tech founders, crypto billionaires, and star scientists is launching a fleet of science labs.
Management
America Is Running Out of Everything
COMMENTARY | The global supply chain is slowing down at the very moment when Americans are demanding that it go into overdrive.
Workforce
Hard Work Isn’t the Point of the Office
COMMENTARY | The pandemic disrupted soft work—the gossip, eavesdropping, and casual relationship-building that aren’t a formal part of your job.
Workforce
Winners and Losers of the Work-From-Home Revolution
COMMENTARY | High-income workers at highly profitable companies will benefit greatly. Downtown landlords won’t.
Management
Will the Housing Market Ever Be Normal Again?
COMMENTARY | What's going on with America's real-estate frenzy?
Management
Millions Are Saying No to the Vaccines. What Are They Thinking?
COMMENTARY | Feelings about the vaccine are intertwined with feelings about the pandemic.
Management
Why America's Great Crime Decline Is Over
COMMENTARY | Even before the recent mass shootings, violent crime was surging to its highest rate in 30 years. Patrick Sharkey illuminates what's happening.
Management
The Curious Case of Florida’s Pandemic Response
COMMENTARY | Liberals predicted that Florida would get destroyed by its laissez-faire approach to COVID-19. Conservatives said the state was the future of the economy. What if they were both wrong?
Management
The Pandemic Mistake America Can't Repeat
More, better, and faster testing might have averted the worst of what America faced in 2020.
Management
What Will Happen to Cities in 2021
COMMENTARY | Sifting through today’s clues to forecast the future.
Workforce
The Workforce Is About to Change Dramatically
COMMENTARY | Three predictions for what the future might look like.
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Management
Hygiene Theater Is a Huge Waste of Time
COMMENTARY | People are power scrubbing their way to a false sense of security.
Management
The Overlooked Role of Guns in the Police-Reform Debate
COMMENTARY | Something is weirdly absent from the general discussion about police violence in America: the weapon most commonly used to inflict it.
Finance
We Can Prevent a Great Depression. It’ll Take $10 Trillion.
COMMENTARY | Don’t think of that number as “big” or “bold.” Just think of it as the appropriate dosage for a once-in-a-century economic affliction.
Finance
The Economy Is Ruined. It Didn’t Have to Be This Way.
COMMENTARY | Almost 10 million Americans have already filed for unemployment benefits. Congress can still act to stem the tide.
Management
Why Men Vote for Republicans, and Women Vote for Democrats
COMMENTARY | The gender gap is larger than ever.
Management
The Truth About the California Exodus
COMMENTARY | California is getting older, richer, and less politically powerful.
Workforce
How Capitalism Broke Young Adulthood
COMMENTARY | Boomers have socialism. Why not Millennials?
Management
America Is Overrun With Bathrooms
COMMENTARY | In the past half century, the number of bathrooms per American has doubled.
Management