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Why Small U.S. Cities are Acting like Reality TV Stars

Mar 20 2023
By David A. Banks, author of The City Authentic: How the Attention Economy Builds Urban AmericaWe’ve all seen headlines featuring interesting commentary on U.S. cities’ images or brands. In the lead up to my new book, The City Authentic: How the Attention Economy Builds Urban America,I’ve b
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Teaching on Modern Art & Economic Development: a Class Resource

Feb 15 2022
By Sarah-Neel Smith, author of Metrics of Modernity: Art and Development in Postwar TurkeyThis post is designed as a classroom resource for teachers and students interested in modern Turkish art and larger themes of modernism in a global context. It is adapted from the new release Metrics of Mod
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Post-pandemic Will the Poor Get Poorer?

Oct 29 2020
Anirudh KrishnaAnirudh Krishna’s essay “The Poorest After the Pandemic” is featured in Current History’s November special issue on the pandemic’s global ramifications. Krishna is the Edgar T. Thompson Professor of Public Policy and Political Science at Duke University. His research investigates
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