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99% Perspiration: Adam Chandler on Americans and Work
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Mike talks with Adam Chandler, a former staff writer at The Atlantic whose work has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and a bunch of other places. They discuss his recently released book, 99% Perspiration: A New Working History of the American Way of Life.
Topics Mike & Adam discuss include:
- the “American Abracadabra”
- Columbus, the Puritans, and Ben Franklin
- if the United States is still the “Land of Opportunity”
- the downside of hustle culture
- universal basic income
- how workplace culture has changed over time
- what we might learn from the French about work
- the economic costs of a more laid-back approach to work
- work and a New Patriotism
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