99% Perspiration: Adam Chandler on Americans and Work

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

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4.5 • 772 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Mike talks with Adam Chandler, a former staff writer at The Atlantic whose work has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and a bunch of other places. They discuss his recently released book, 99% Perspiration: A New Working History of the American Way of Life. Topics Mike & Adam discuss include: - the “American Abracadabra” - Columbus, the Puritans, and Ben Franklin - if the United States is still the “Land of Opportunity” - the downside of hustle culture - universal basic income - how workplace culture has changed over time - what we might learn from the French about work - the economic costs of a more laid-back approach to work - work and a New Patriotism Adam Chandler on X The Politics Guys on Facebook | X Mike’s Substack: What Fresh Hell is This? Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. You can support us or change your level of support at patreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support. On Venmo we’re @PoliticsGuys. The Politics Guys is part of The Democracy Group, a network of podcasts that examines what's broken in our democracy and how we can work together to fix it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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