How the Tractor Explains the Middle Class Crisis

An interesting article in the Atlantic Monthly


"The mechanization of agriculture (which was catalyzed by, but not confined to, the tractor) means we need fewer farmers to make more food every year. That has freed up people to work on the other stuff we care about, like consulting, and teaching yoga, and researching tractors. "






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