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Virginia Postrel

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L.A. writer @WorksinProgMag THE FABRIC OF CIVILIZATION @BasicBooks. POWER OF GLAMOUR, SUBSTANCE OF STYLE, FUTURE & ITS ENEMIES https://t.co/lO0ECC3o1W

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  • Reposting: Waiting for Trump Fever to Break

    2 weeks ago | vpostrel.substack.com | Virginia Postrel

    There was an error in one of the links in this article so I’m sending it out again. As Donald Trump disrupts international trade, sends suspected gangsters to indeterminate imprisonment in a Salvadoran hellhole without due process, wages war on the right to counsel, abandons American allies, and throws Ukraine under the bus—as Donald Trump does, in other words, pretty much what he promised—I haven’t written anything about this mess beyond retweeting the work of more energetic writers.

  • Virginia's Newsletter

    2 weeks ago | vpostrel.substack.com | Virginia Postrel

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  • 'Abundance' presents the pro-growth technocrat argument

    1 month ago | reason.com | Virginia Postrel

    Progress "Supply-side progressives" like Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson are ultimately technocrats, not libertarians. But they recognize that more is better than less and that a good society is not zero-sum.

  • The Agony of Abundance

    1 month ago | nickgillespie.substack.com | Nick Gillespie |Jacob Mchangama |Esther Dyson |Virginia Postrel

    Last fall, I participated in PopTech, one of the oldest tech-ish conferences around. It was founded in 1996 by Bob Metcalfe, inventor of Ethernet, and John Scully, the former CEO of Apple and Pepsi, and used to take place in Camden, Maine, which had become a playground for the technorati. These days, it takes place in Washington, D.C., but it still works to serve as a place where people come to talk about the messy intersection of technology, culture, politics, and just about everything else too.

  • California Has Its Own Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

    Jan 14, 2025 | vpostrel.substack.com | Virginia Postrel

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Virginia Postrel
Virginia Postrel @vpostrel
10 Apr 25

Excellent article

Charles Fain Lehman
Charles Fain Lehman @CharlesFLehman

WIth markets in free fall, @reihan and I ask in @TheAtlantic: is no one willing to stand up for the truly American dream of getting rich? https://t.co/83Vl8POv3r

Virginia Postrel
Virginia Postrel @vpostrel
10 Apr 25

RT @YAppelbaum: In 1954, a quarter of American dwellings had no flush toilets, showers, or bathtubs. Half lacked central heating. 27% of fa…

Virginia Postrel
Virginia Postrel @vpostrel
10 Apr 25

RT @FranklinH3000: The thing is, even by the best interpretation of Trump's trade policies, he's an agent of chaos who makes business plann…