Thunkso publishes short weekly essays that explain the historical and structural forces behind modern institutions such as meritocracy, credentialism and financial markets. Each piece traces how these systems formed and questions the justifications built around them.
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Katie Gattitassin's newsletter offers essays on wealth, class, and power, blending personal anecdotes with sharp cultural and economic analysis. Recent issues cover Greek life costs and elite reproduction, a 1969 Newsweek report on middle-class insecurity, and the 'main street millionaire' theory of inequality.
Dollars & Sense is a progressive economics publication that analyses inequality, public finance, inflation policy and labor through a left-leaning lens. Readers get essays, interviews and explainers on how policy shapes wages, wealth and the economy.
Katie Couric's Substack mixes political and economic commentary, such as a piece on populism and inequality, with lighter personal newsletters about shopping, home life, and events for paid subscribers. Readers get a well-known media figure's take on current affairs alongside casual lifestyle recommendations.
A weekly Substack on American economic inequality that pairs charts and short explanations of current research with long-form interviews on housing and urban policy. Readers get digestible data-driven briefings and conversations on housing supply, labor, and social policy.
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