The New Yorker Summaries and Reviews

See all summaries and reviews from The New Yorker at a glance.

Newest first Top downloads Publication date Best rating Title
The Disruption Machine
Article
What the gospel of innovation gets wrong.

Jill Lepore

The New Yorker, 2014

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Are Robots Competing for Your Job?
Article
Probably, but don’t count yourself out.

Jill Lepore

The New Yorker, 2019

9
Who Owns South Africa?
Article
A fiercely debated program of land reform could address racial injustice – or cause chaos.

Ariel Levy

The New Yorker, 2019

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Can Carbon-Dioxide Removal Save the World?
Article
CO2 could soon reach levels that, it’s widely agreed, will lead to catastrophe.

Elizabeth Kolbert

The New Yorker, 2017

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Are Things Getting Better or Worse?
Article
Why assessing the state of the world is harder than it sounds.

Joshua Rothman

The New Yorker, 2018

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The Cost Conundrum
Article
What a Texas town can teach us about health care.

Atul Gawande

The New Yorker, 2009

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How the U.S. Is Making the War in Yemen Worse
Article

Nicolas Niarchos

The New Yorker, 2018

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China’s Selfie Obsession
Article
Meitu’s apps are changing what it means to be beautiful in the most populous country on Earth.

Jiayang Fan

The New Yorker, 2017

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The Family That Built an Empire of Pain
Article

Patrick Radden Keefe

The New Yorker, 2017

9
Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds
Article
New discoveries about the human mind show the limitations of reason.

Elizabeth Kolbert

The New Yorker, 2017

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