As a former barista who left DC for Portland, this was one of my favorite reviews to write for the Examiner so far: on Return of the Artisan by Grant McCracken, plus a dig at NIMBYs and endorsement of an abundance agenda.
How artisans won the market from corporates
When I lived in Washington, D.C., in my early twenties and faced the inevitable D.C. question, “What do you do?” I would answer truthfully that I was a barista. The next question was equally predictable: “What do you really want to do?” Never mind that I’d turned down a job at a well-regarded think…
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