Working Conditions

A collection of 2 posts

Dec 11, 2025

What is a Farmer and How Does the Government Count Them? The High Politics of a Seemingly Mundane Statistical Task

Silvia Secchi is a natural resources economist and a Full Professor in the Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences at the University of Iowa. Editor's Note: Dear readers, Nathan here. A

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Jan 28, 2022

Why I put “Crises” and not “Crisis” in “Notes on the Crises”

As you may have seen in other venues, from social media to reporting, this title frequently trips people up. Almost invariably people say “crisis” instead of “crises”. In fact, when I created this newsletter I knew this title would be misread.

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