Modern Times

The Dopamine Economy

Companies are Hacking Our Most Powerful Neurotranmitters

6 hrs ago • Marty Manley

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December 2025

Universities Created a Perfect Storm

...and have now sailed right into it.

Dec 17, 2025 • Marty Manley

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Unequal Sectors Fuel Economic Inequality

America’s strongest and weakest industries need very different public policies.

Dec 13, 2025 • Marty Manley

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Congress is Frozen in Time. Let's Thaw it Out.

The case for modernizing The People's House

Dec 6, 2025 • Marty Manley

Will Democrats Decide to Win?

Beating MAGA Requires Smarter Economic Populism

Dec 4, 2025 • Marty Manley

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China is Becoming the World’s R&D Lab

No longer just the world's factory.

Dec 1, 2025 • Marty Manley

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November 2025

Is MAGA Devouring Itself?

Democrats are not the only ones with a taste for cannibalism

Nov 15, 2025 • Marty Manley

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October 2025

Lessons in Ruthless Pragmatism

Democrats Need to Practice Politics Like Canadians, Australians, and Danes

Oct 1, 2025 • Marty Manley

September 2025

Affective Polarization Makes Us Paranoid

But Quiet Compromises Happen Routinely Outside of Washington

Sep 28, 2025 • Marty Manley

Worker Power in the Age of AI

From the American Compass Collection "For Whom the Machine Toils"

Sep 27, 2025 • Marty Manley

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The Future of Technology Is No Longer American by Default

China is not only flooding markets, they are pulling ahead in nearly every critical technology field.

Sep 25, 2025 • Marty Manley

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As AI Gets Better at Thinking, We Are Getting Worse

Why Post-Literate May Be Neo-Feudal

Sep 23, 2025 • Marty Manley

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