Every day of every week
byThe fact is, Wall Street today is a very different place than the one contemplated by the crafters of the 1930s regulations. Indeed, it’s…
Phoebe
by Jennifer MartelliPhoebe says, I was up in the room by the trees making my girl’s bed and I could still smell her sleep.When I snapped…
Must be grounded
by the daily asteriskThe relationship between any two communities in the global economy is not unlike a marriage. As couples counselors advise, relationships falter when two partners…
The price of mangoes
by Celine B. RoqueThere is a sprawling mango tree that looms over my backyard, but it belongs to my neighbor. Every January, it sprouts clusters of tiny…
Fundamental economic virtue
by the daily asteriskThe question that we finally come to is a practical one, though it is not one that is entirely answerable by empirical methods: Can…
Cane Press
by Bethany BeachumRio Coco, Nicaragua (August 2013) On his farm in the remote Rio Coco region of Nicaragua, a man uses his homemade press to make…
No wealth but life
by the daily asteriskThere is no wealth but life. Life, including all its powers of love, of joy, and of admiration. That country is richest which nourishes…
Rich mom, poor mom—all in one
by Amy Carpenter-LeugsEditor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay from 2006, Amy Carpenter Leugs examines the…
The life of the other
by the daily asteriskThe radical dispossession and reorientation of the self that takes place in the presence of the wild is necessary, Thoreau is convinced, if we…
A question of value(s)
by Henry BakkerEditor’s Note: The following essay is part one in a series of three that will explore the implications of different types of values for…