Virginia Postrel is a visiting fellow at the Smith Institute for Political Economy and Philosophy at Chapman University and a contributing editor for Works in Progress. Her latest book is The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World (Basic Books). She writes a newsletter at vpostrel.substack.com.
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The Peters Principles: An Interview with Tom Peters
The management guru as playground director, provocateur, and passionate defender of open societies.
Resilience vs. Anticipation
The West is resilient and can roll with the shocks. The East copes through anticipation, the static planning that assumes perfect foresight.
On the Frontier: An Interview with Esther Dyson
From the Wild East of Russian capitalism to the evolving forms of cyberspace, Esther Dyson likes the promise of unsettled territory--and the challenge of civilizing it.
Legacies
One day's obituaries reveal the blind spots of the opinion establishment.
Abreast of History
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The Contents of Our Character
What defines American culture? Books every new immigrant should read.