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Own Goals | Matthew Shen Goodman

5 days ago | thebaffler.com | Matthew Goodman |Abe Beame

“America first does not mean America alone,” said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on April 23, seeking to reassure the market three weeks after the president declared Liberation Day and tariffed the world. Spooked by turbulence in the bond market—or eager to discard the pretense that this wasn’t primarily about a Sino-American decoupling—the White House had already announced a ninety-day pause exempting all countries besides the Middle Kingdom from the new import levies.
People & Career Development

2 weeks ago | tsnn.com | Lisa Plummer Savas |Danica Tormohlen |Matthew Goodman |Sue Hatch

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Been There, Done That

2 months ago | thebaffler.com | Matthew Goodman |Rafia Zakaria |Pooja Bhatia

Forty-Five has become 47, and Donald Trump is now the first president to serve two nonconsecutive terms since Grover Cleveland. With protective tariffs anathema to Uncle Jumbo, as Cleveland was known to family and friends, the two wouldn’t have agreed on all counts, but our twenty-second and twenty-fourth president was also a downsizer cartoonishly obsessed with small government.
At Home He’s a Tourist

Jan 6, 2025 | thebaffler.com | Matthew Goodman |Tanvi Misra

On the morning of November 5, the day of the 2024 presidential election, the algorithm delivered me the promise of escape. Titled “Here’s How to Buy Citizenship in Another Country,” the article lamented the global character of climate change and the fact that “political turmoil is upending longstanding democracies.” Despite the polycrisis’s indifference to borders, the author suggested I might be happier elsewhere.
On the Clock | Matthew Shen Goodman

Oct 28, 2024 | thebaffler.com | Matthew Goodman |Hai-Dang Phan |Adrian Van Young

Choose your precipice. The grist that makes modern life will run out at some point—when will we tap the last barrel of crude, blow through the remaining stocks of helium, deplete those rare metals only getting rarer? More pressing than bismuth and boron as I write this in September is who will win the election; even more pressing than that is a ceasefire in Gaza, though one worries that the war will only widen.
Who’s Got Next? | Matthew Shen Goodman

Sep 3, 2024 | thebaffler.com | Matthew Goodman

“In the United States, political change is evolutionary rather than revolutionary,” wrote Kevin Phillips, the Republican political analyst who helped devise the racial grievance-driven Southern Strategy, in 1969’s The Emerging Republican Majority.
How to Give Feedback That Is Both Honest and Kind: The Sweet Spot of 'Radical Candor'

Aug 27, 2024 | inc-aus.com | Matthew Goodman

Kim Scott’s ‘Radical Candor’ approach can help you be direct without rupturing the relationship. I have always struggled to give feedback. In my previous roles as a supervisor, I would sugarcoat my critiques or not say them at all. I would tend to focus only on the positives and “be nice” out of fear of hurting someone else’s feelings or rupturing the relationship. Perhaps you can relate to this or know someone else who embodies a similar approach.
Changing the World by Changing Ourselves: An Inside-Out Approach to Social Action

Aug 13, 2024 | matthewgoodmanphd.medium.com | Matthew Goodman

With all of the social, political, economic, and ecological crises we currently face, many people are wondering how they can make a positive impact on their surroundings. What can I do to make a difference in this messed up world? Conventional logic points to action: we must exert a force upon the world in order for it to change. “DO SOMETHING! IF YOU DON’T ACT, NOTHING WILL CHANGE!” is the mantra deeply entrenched in our belief system.
5 Ways to Make Mindfulness an Integral Part of Your Company Culture

Jul 19, 2024 | inc-aus.com | Matthew Goodman

inc-article-body-registration-wall These simple strategies can shift team dynamics, personal wellness, and overall results. The importance of being in the present moment or practicing mindfulness has permeated popular culture over the last two decades. To many, mindfulness may seem antithetical to business.
Ego and Addiction to Suffering in Self & Society

Jul 8, 2024 | matthewgoodmanphd.medium.com | Matthew Goodman

You are likely familiar with the adage that "addicts" must hit rock bottom in order to make sustainable change - to become sober. I believe the world is undergoing a similar experience. I put "addicts" in quotes because most people, including myself, have been conditioned to equate the term with someone addicted to substances. While this is one example, the truth is that we are all addicts in some capacity.