Thorstein Veblen’s Theory of the Leisure Class—A Status Update
The chief purpose of luxury beliefs is to indicate evidence of the believer’s social class and education.
Rob Henderson
· 12 min read
Meghan Daum on Zillennials, #MeToo, and the Culture Wars
Podcast Episode 63.
Quillette, Meghan Daum
· 1 min read
Abandoning Malmö to Its Criminals
The explosion happened three blocks away, but the sound had become so familiar that I went back to sleep without even getting out of bed to check on my twins.
Henrik Jönsson
· 6 min read
Gates Derangement Syndrome
Isn’t this a debate worth having without an avalanche of bad faith and scornful remarks about how we “can’t even trust Bill Gates to put his desire for a better world above his self-preservational plute drive”?
Matt Johnson
· 11 min read
The Price of Sex
The total value of the sex trade could be said to be the value of the net transfer of wealth from men to women.
Jerry Barnett
· 11 min read
The Only Thing Necessary for the Triumph of Evil is for Good Women to Do Nothing
In my pre-feminist days, sexual harassment and rape were so common, so pervasive, so accepted, that they were virtually invisible.
Phyllis Chesler
· 14 min read
Join Us in 2020
Quillette has come a long way from its humble beginnings — but we still have a way to go.
Claire Lehmann
· 5 min read
Chile’s Been Falling Apart for Years. Can It Repair Itself and Remain a Democracy?
Chilean middle class has seen its fortunes becomes more precarious, with many families staying afloat only through borrowing.
Manfred Svensson and Pablo Ortúzar
· 6 min read
Are Elite Colleges Really That Bad?
Issues of happiness and conformity notwithstanding, one might still wonder about the affirmative case for elite colleges, especially when considering the effort it takes to gain admittance to one.
Nick Whitaker
· 10 min read
Why Taiping 2.0 Isn't in the Cards: A Reply to 'China’s Looming Class Struggle'
Most Chinese farmers are still quite poor by western standards, or those of their city-mouse kin.
D. Marshall
· 9 min read
Reflections on My Decision to Change Gender
It’s the same for a born female going the other way, to male—which by the way seems on recent evidence to be about as frequently desired as male to female.
Deirdre McCloskey
· 19 min read
The Free-Speech Problem on Australian Campuses Is More CCP than SJW
After years of austerity measures implemented by conservative governments, Australia’s publicly-funded higher-education sector is barely solvent.
Drew Pavlou
· 6 min read
Sheep and Mirrors: On Being Social
What is it about other people that bestows such joy, such comfort, such indispensable meaning on our lives?
Emma Wilkins
· 13 min read
The Culture War in Communication Studies
Communication studies is a broad field, encompassing verbal, written and non-verbal sub-categories.
Terry Newman
· 21 min read
PODCAST 62: Steve Richards on Britain's Forthcoming General Election
Veteran political journalist Steve Richards talks to Toby Young about the U.K.’s forthcoming General Election, becoming a stage performer late in life, and his recent book about recent British Prime Ministers. This podcast was recorded in front of a live studio audience at the Battle of Ideas on
Quillette
· 1 min read