As with the factory, so with the office: in an assembly line, the smaller the piece of work assigned to any single individual, the less skill it requires, and the less likely the possibility that doing it well will lead to doing something more interesting and better paid. Jill Lepore assemblyassignfactory share on social
Book reviewing dates only to the eighteenth century, when, for the first time, there were so many books being printed that magazines - they were new, too - started printing essays about them. Jill Lepore bookcenturydate Change image and share on social
In the trunk of her car, my mother used to keep a collapsible easel, a clutch of brushes, a little wooden case stocked with tubes of paint, and, tucked into the spare-tire well, one of my father's old, tobacco-stained shirts, for a smock. Jill Lepore brushcarcase share on social
When business became big business - conglomerates employing hundreds and even thousands of people - companies divided themselves into still smaller units. Jill Lepore bigbusinesscompany Change image and share on social
When I was a kid, my father would go to our school in the summer to sweep, mop, and wax the floors, room by room, hall by hall, week after week. Jill Lepore fatherfloorhall Change image and share on social
Taxes are what we pay for civilized society, for modernity, and for prosperity. The wealthy pay more because they have benefitted more. Jill Lepore benefitcivilizemodernity Change image and share on social
If you know a lot about something and apply that information to a vote that matches your policy preferences, your opinion quality is high. Jill Lepore applyhighinformation Change image and share on social
An ordinary life used to look something like this: born into a growing family, you help rear your siblings, have the first of your own half-dozen or even dozen children soon after you're grown, and die before your youngest has left home. Jill Lepore bearchilddie share on social
The study of history requires investigation, imagination, empathy, and respect. Reverence just doesn't enter into it. Jill Lepore empathyenterhistory Change image and share on social
Nineteenth-century grass-roots populism made twentieth-century progressivism possible. Jill Lepore centurygrassmake Change image and share on social
