Virginia Postrel is a contributing editor for Works in Progress and the author, most recently, of The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World. She writes essays at vpostrel.substack.com.
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What Should the President Read?
It's the day after the presidential election. The winning candidate asks you to recommend three books to read before inauguration. Only one may be more than 10 years old. What do you suggest-and why?
Of Mice and Men
Finding cancer's causes
Talking Trash
There's a solution to America's garbage problem, but it isn't what you think.
The New Mr. Chips: An Interview with T.J. Rodgers
Speaking for Silicon Valley's upstarts
The Green Road to Serfdom
At least the socialists claimed to like people.