William S Sefton

Americans are flocking to big cities to find good jobs—opportunities that remain disproportionately out of reach for the poorest residents already living there. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/03/chicago-segregation-poverty/556649/?utm_source=feed

The president is right to want to punish unfair trade practices. But America First keeps translating into America alone. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/03/trump-china-trade-war/556238/?utm_source=feed

Although the former secretary of state’s contentious relationship with the president didn’t help matters, Tillerson’s management style left a department in disarray. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/03/executives-fail-washington/555836/?utm_source=feed

With industries concentrating and corporate influence growing, Derek Thompson joins us to debate the promise and perils of big business. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/03/radio-atlantic-does-america-have-a-monopoly-problem/555755/?utm_source=feed

The industry’s business model depends on there being plenty of people who need cash quickly. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/03/plasma-donations/555599/?utm_source=feed

Companies that collect plasma thrive as long as there are plenty of people desperate for cash. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/03/plasma-donations/555599/?utm_source=feed

It's not just educators in West Virginia and Oklahoma who have watched their wages and benefits erode since the Great Recession. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/03/west-virginia-oklahoma-protests-teacher-pay/555434/?utm_source=feed

It's not just educators in West Virginia and Oklahoma who have watched their wages and benefits erode since the Great Recession. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/03/west-virginia-oklahoma-protests-teacher-pay/555434/?utm_source=feed

The two Democrats are clashing over legislation that could ease regulatory requirements on banks adopted after the 2008 recession. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/03/heitkamp-elizabeth-warren-senate-banking-bill-dodd-frank/555524/?utm_source=feed

Three stories of women who came to America looking for a better life, but instead found astonishing cruelty. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/03/survivors-human-trafficking-in-own-words/555029/?utm_source=feed

“I was a fixture in the house; a robot there to do things for them. I felt invisible, dispensable, and alone.” https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/03/human-trafficking-natalicia/553100/?utm_source=feed

“In the Philippines, I was independent and knew everyone in my neighborhood. In the U.S., I had become isolated—a shadow of myself.” https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/03/human-trafficking-judith/553115/?utm_source=feed

“I had to brush the dogs’ teeth, clean their ears, and give them vitamins each day. But I had to sleep on a dog bed in the living room.” https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/03/human-trafficking-nena/554846/?utm_source=feed

The country's racial wealth gap might widen if banks don't have to disclose as much about their mortgage-lending practices. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/03/banking-bill-black-homeowners/555227/?utm_source=feed

Cash assistance isn’t just a moral imperative that raises living standards. It’s also a critical investment in the health and future careers of low-income kids. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/03/welfare-childhood/555119/?utm_source=feed

Cash assistance is, a fleet of new studies suggests, a critical investment in the health and future careers of low-income children. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/03/welfare-childhood/555119/?utm_source=feed

Trump’s top economic advisor almost quit after the president’s handling of Charlottesville. Now he’s resigning over a populist rebellion in the White House. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/03/gary-cohn-resignation-tariffs/555017/?utm_source=feed

Trump’s top economic advisor almost quit after the president’s handling of Charlottesville. Now he’s resigning over a populist rebellion in the White House. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/03/gary-cohn-resignation-tariffs/555017/?utm_source=feed

… and Napa Valley is forever changing as a result. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/03/napa-wine-rich/554945/?utm_source=feed

Congress has the power to block the president’s proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum. Why aren’t lawmakers using it? https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/03/republicans-cant-stop-trumps-trade-war-tariffs/554903/?utm_source=feed

How a farcical series of events in the 1880s produced an enduring and controversial legal precedent https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/03/corporations-people-adam-winkler/554852/?utm_source=feed

How can local businesses compete with a company so local it lets people shop from their couches? https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/03/amazon-local-retail/554681/?utm_source=feed

How can local businesses compete with a company so local it lets people shop from their couches? https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/03/amazon-local-retail/554681/?utm_source=feed

The president says they'll protect American jobs and bolster national security. They'll likely do neither. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/03/trump-steel-aluminum-tariffs/554660/?utm_source=feed

How one product helps illustrate the American president’s worldview https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/03/us-india-trade/554321/?utm_source=feed

Racida Eslabon came to the U.S. expecting to send money back home to the Philippines. She still hasn’t told her mother what happened after she arrived. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/03/hotel-workers/554135/?utm_source=feed

Steep transaction fees and wild price fluctuations have made the cryptocurrency harder to use in the illicit markets that originally made it famous. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/03/bitcoin-crash-dark-web/553190/?utm_source=feed