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Michael Hobbes

Media

The Methods of Moral Panic Journalism

Scare stories on “left-wing illiberalism” display a familiar pattern.

Michael Hobbes Confirm My Choices Oct 2021 20min Permalink

Best Article Health

Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong

Years from now, we will look back in horror at the counterproductive ways we addressed the obesity epidemic and the barbaric ways we treated fat people—long after we knew there was a better path.

Michael Hobbes Huffington Post Highline Sep 2018 30min Permalink

Business Crime

The Golden Age of White Collar Crime

There has never been a better time to commit financial crimes.

Michael Hobbes Highline Feb 2020 Permalink

Business

Generation Screwed

Millennials are facing the scariest financial future of any generation since the Great Depression.

Michael Hobbes Huffington Post Dec 2017 40min Permalink

Health

Together Alone

Why didn’t gay rights cure gay loneliness?

Michael Hobbes Huffington Post Mar 2017 25min Permalink

Business World

The Untouchables

A brazen land grab in Zimbabwe and why it’s getting harder to stop multinational corporations.

Michael Hobbes Foreign Policy Apr 2016 15min Permalink

Business

How Mark Zuckerberg Should Give Away $45 Billion

The difficult business of spending money well.

Michael Hobbes Huffington Post Highline Feb 2016 25min Permalink

Business World

The Myth of the Ethical Shopper

When it comes to sweatshops and child labor, your $7 H&M gym shorts aren’t really the problem (or the solution).

Michael Hobbes Huffington Post Jul 2015 20min Permalink

World

Stop Trying to Save the World

A longtime NGO worker on how big ideas end up hurting international aid.

Michael Hobbes The New Republic Nov 2014 25min Permalink

What Happens When One of Your Coworkers Dies

“It’s Tuesday, it’s February, it’s my first day back at work after a week on vacation. I notice the candle in the foyer just as the whoosh of the door blows it out. They never did that for my birthday, I think as I walk past reception.”

Michael Hobbes The Billfold Dec 2013 10min Permalink

Business World

Why Is Zambia So Poor?

“The only thing I’m able to conclude after my trip here is that it’s incredibly difficult for a poor country to go about getting un-poor.”

Michael Hobbes Pacific Standard Sep 2013 30min Permalink