Our writers think through the possible futures that await the region.
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Nearly three months into the Israel-Hamas war, our writers think through the possible futures that await the region.
First, here are three new stories from The Atlantic:
How This Ends
Weeks after Hamas’s attacks on Israel, amid the ensuing war in Gaza, my colleague Franklin Foer published an article titled “Tell Me How This Ends.” “The Israeli operation faces the same question that ultimately vexed the American project in Iraq,” he wrote: “What comes next?”
Two months later, the questions that Frank raised about the future of the region are no easier to answer, and the civilian death toll in Gaza continues to rise. I’ve come back to the guiding inquiry of Frank’s article many times in recent months: How does this end? The reading list below offers a range of perspectives from our writers about what could, or ought to, come next.
Evening Read
How McKinsey Destroyed the Middle Class (From 2020)
By Daniel Markovits
When Pete Buttigieg accepted a position at the management consultancy McKinsey & Company, he already had sterling credentials: high-school valedictorian, a bachelor’s degree from Harvard, a Rhodes Scholarship. He could have taken any number of jobs and, moreover, had no obvious interest in business. Nevertheless, he joined the firm.
This move was predictable, not eccentric: The top graduates of elite colleges typically pass through McKinsey or a similar firm before settling into their adult career. But the conventional nature of the career path makes it more, not less, worthy of examination. How did this come to pass? And what consequences has the rise of management consulting had for the organization of American business and the lives of American workers?
Read the full article.
Culture Break
Listen. The 25 best podcasts of 2023 kept listeners hooked on stories about female adultery, espionage, scamming, and wanderlust.
Read. “Midwinter,” a new poem by Grady Chambers:
“After, with their underwear still tangled / in the top sheet, or just waking / in winter, the stunned trees / thrusting up their arms, / he was always the first to leave the bed.”
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Our writers think through the possible futures that await the region.
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.
Nearly three months into the Israel-Hamas war, our writers think through the possible futures that await the region.
First, here are three new stories from The Atlantic:
How This Ends
Weeks after Hamas’s attacks on Israel, amid the ensuing war in Gaza, my colleague Franklin Foer published an article titled “Tell Me How This Ends.” “The Israeli operation faces........
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