
Fact file: Americans drive the most
Americans drive a whole lot more than most other people in the world. That means more noise, more pollution and more deaths. Maybe it's time to rethink how we get around.
Americans drive a whole lot more than most other people in the world. That means more noise, more pollution and more deaths. Maybe it's time to rethink how we get around.
The future arrived in Pittsburgh in the 1980s. We just didn't recognize it. On deindustrialization, reindustrialization, the rise of Trump and the promise of a sustainable new economy.
Slower economic growth in the U.S. in recent decades is a sign of our success, not failure. What social and economic benefits might we reap if let go of the American obsession with growth?
Complexity, rigidity, ill-defined goals and patchwork “solutions” all serve to make many of the systems we interact with inefficient, hard to use and bad at meeting our needs.
There is no earthly reason why cryptocurrency miners should be allowed to pollute the climate cost-free to support an endeavor whose contribution to our well-being is minimal, if not negative.
Associate Director and Senior Policy Analyst, Frontier Group
Policy Analyst, Frontier Group