Jesus the Carpenter
by Kari Jenson GoldThe life of the mind can be a precious, beautiful thing, but divorced from the physical, it leads inexorably to corruption. Continue Reading »
Honoring the Dignity of Work
by Marco RubioWill we encourage an economy that works for its people? Or one in which people in Silicon Valley and elsewhere can work and do well, while cash payments from Washington pacify those left behind? Continue Reading »
Homo Amazonicus
by Sohrab AhmariFor religious conservatives, Alec MacGillis’s Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America is one of the most important books to appear in quite some time. That may sound like an odd claim. As his title suggests, MacGillis has written about Amazon’s dramatic reorganizing of the . . . . Continue Reading »
The Power of Public Policy
by Mark BauerleinOn this episode, Oren Cass discusses his recent First Things essay and his book The Once and Future Worker. Continue Reading »
Both Active and Contemplative
by Hans BoersmaOur active life is worthy of celebration only because it aims at the contemplative life. Continue Reading »
The Dangers of Workism
by Lyman StoneFertility rates are lower in countries where people believe that “work provides meaning in life.” Continue Reading »
Specter of the Beatitudes
by Eve TushnetWorkers’ Tales: Socialist Fairy Tales, Fables, and Allegories from Great Britain edited by michael rosen princeton, 328 pages, $19.95 When I was a girl, I had a picture book, The Day the Fairies Went on Strike. This 1981 confection by Linda Briskin and Maureen FitzGerald, with . . . . Continue Reading »
Back to Work
by John WatersIn 1974, the year I turned nineteen, I took my first real job in the goods store of a railway station in County Mayo, in the west of Ireland. I was pleased to be off my parents’ hands, but uneasy in my position. The tiny goods office was an anthill of activity, with a constant flow of locomotive . . . . Continue Reading »
Letters
by VariousForgiveness, Right to Work, Shepherds and Wolves, City . . . . Continue Reading »
America Needs Work
by Max TorresLast December, with a push from President-elect Donald Trump, Carrier Corporation decided to retain around eight hundred jobs in Indiana that it had slated to shift to Mexico. Commentators from George Will to James Pethokoukis and the Wall Street Journal criticized the episode as a violation of . . . . Continue Reading »
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