Your Prospect Weekend Reads Week of 9/27/2021 Stories from the
week you don’t want to miss!
Illustration by Zohar Lazar
The Oil Merchant in the Gray Flannel Suit: Why aren't insurance companies aggressively fighting climate change and minimizing catastrophes? Staff Writer Alex Sammon says the answer is in their balance sheets.
Entrepreneurship, Amazon Style: Contributor Brian
Callaci digs into Amazon's incubator programs: outside deliveries and freight companies that follow a franchising model that leads to lower wages and captive “independent” business.
Wall Street's Attacks on Biden Nominee Are a Red Herring: Industry criticism of
OCC pick Saule Omarova for wanting to end private banking masks their real fear of losing their derivatives businesses. Executive Editor David Dayen and Writing Fellow Lee Harris have the story.
Unfinished Business East of the River: Deputy Editor Gabrielle Gurley’s analysis on the collapse of a pedestrian bridge in Washington reigniting a debate about reconnecting communities, racial equity, and what comes next.
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