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American Democracy is Fracturing. Libraries Say They Know How to Help

American Democracy is Fracturing. Libraries Say They Know How to Help Don’t mess with libraries. One economist learned that lesson the hard way in July after posting a story on Forbes arguing that Amazon should replace local libraries to save taxpayers money. The collective outrage of librarians and Twitter was so Read more…

By External Source, 6 yearsOctober 11, 2018 ago

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Why Public Libraries Are Amazing

WHY PUBLIC LIBRARIES ARE AMAZING They may not exactly be socialism, but they’re a model of good publicly-run institutions. by NATHAN J. ROBINSON f you wanted a single article to demonstrate why millennials object to the prevailing “neoliberal” economic ideology, it would be this piece in Forbes: “Amazon Should Replace Local Libraries to Save Read more…

By External Source, 6 yearsJuly 24, 2018 ago