Two articles about sociology in four days, written by the sociologists themselves! These both look like great books. It’d be wonderful to see more projects like these excerpted/previewed in The Atlantic or similar magazines. Obviously Matt Desmond was working with a publisher that made those kinds of connections a bit easier, but I don’t see why this can’t be a more standard practice. It’s great for the authors, the discipline, and the reading public.
To the work! First, a few days ago Steve Viscelli had a piece related to his research on truckers, and the way that companies convince drivers to become contractors usually against their best interests:
So, truck driving has its appeal—for a few months anyway. The money is better than many workers can earn in service jobs, but in most cases that’s only because they are working the equivalent of two full-time jobs. There are laws that…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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