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In 1872, Emperor Meiji opened Japan’s first railway, which ran from Tokyo to Yokohama. Artist Utagawa Kuniteru produced this strikingly beautiful triptych showing us how it looked.
How the price shock of 2021-2022 mutated into a more comprehensive wave of inflation.
Source: Federal Reserve
The rise of fathering (from Home Economics)
Dads are doing more childcare—and they love it
This is an article I co-wrote with Derek Thompson. You may know Derek from his 17-year stint as a columnist at The Atlantic, where he remains a contributing writer, from his bestselling book Abundance (co-written with Ezra Klein and published last year), or from his excellent podcast…
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An imagined rendering of the Tokyo railway by Mōsai Yoshitora, printed the year before the line began operations, demonstrates the expectations of the Japanese public.
Source: Courtesy National Diet Library
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Artist Kawanabe Kyōsai imagined Japan’s first train en route to paradise.
Source: Nippon
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