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From the Archives: "How Dodd-Frank Locks Out the Least Affluent Homebuyers"
Careless people wreaking havoc among the most vulnerable
Virginia Postrel
Jun 25
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NIMBYs, Enclaves, and Stuff I'm Reading
Small is not beautiful. Stakeholder capitalism is not nice. And I'm off to the Bay Area.
Virginia Postrel
Jun 22
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From the Archives: Natural and Ethical Are Getting a Divorce
Including a cool Bloomberg video featuring me as a talking head.
Virginia Postrel
Jun 16
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Purity, Sorcery, and Cancel Culture
What anthropologist Mary Douglas's work can tell us about the purity conflicts roiling our culture.
Virginia Postrel
Jun 14
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From the Archives: Remembering Inflation
It wasn't pretty. But at least we no longer face bracket creep.
Virginia Postrel
Jun 9
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Jury Duty, Inflation, and Free Speech
Plus a video about Mongols and Uyghurs
Virginia Postrel
Jun 6
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From the Archives: Resilience vs. Anticipation
What makes Silicon Valley special? A view from 1997.
Virginia Postrel
Jun 1
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Question Time
An interview about how and why I write, plus answers to some recent questions and a chance to ask more. Also, useful links, including online references…
Virginia Postrel
May 29
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Continuity and Change: The case of Maya trajes
Left to their own devices, consumers rarely treat tradition and modernity as all-or-nothing choices.
Virginia Postrel
May 24
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From the Archives: ‘American Urbanist’ Review: Standing Out of the Crowd With William H. Whyte
Continuing today's Princeton theme
Virginia Postrel
May 23
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Continuity and Change, with Garish Costumes
Contrary to the promises in earlier newsletters, I can’t provide new pictures of the Postrels in our garish Princeton Reunions gear. The best I can do…
Virginia Postrel
May 23
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From the Archives: Why fashion deserves its place in art museums
I was recently interviewed by a Chilean journalist* who asked when I had the first inkling that textile history might provide a subject for a book. It…
Virginia Postrel
May 18
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