Untrickled
A 30-year journalist looks at culture, politics, economics and lifestyle through the lens of economic inequality. Author, The Trailer Park Rules, rated 4.7 stars on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CYW3MRRB Strapped: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DJNRCQSJ
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The Middle Class Is Too Poor to Have a Party (opens the original)
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Seven Years Homeless, and I’m Not Settling (opens the original)
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On Mondays I paywall one piece as a fundraiser; everything else I do is free. If you need a free subscription, message me and it’s yours. If you’re financially comfortable, consider a paid subscription or becoming a Pay-It-Forward Founder. For more about my new policy, read Substack’s Inequality Problem, and How Untrickled Will Respond.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ymN-!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressiv
A Little Death (opens the original)
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Every Friday, I round up some of what I’ve been reading on Substack, broadly related to economic inequality and how it shapes our lives.<img alt="A dog sleeping in a person's bed." class="sizing-fullscreen"
Weight-Loss Drugs Work. So Why Can’t Everyone Who Needs Them Get Them? (opens the original)
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(Paywall removed! Please enjoy!)<img alt="Two pairs of jeans layered on a person" class="sizing-normal" height="5340" src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1773556663208-a03e86597258?cr
I Was a School Lunch Criminal (opens the original)
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Every Friday, I round up some of what I’ve been reading on Substack, broadly related to economic inequality and how it shapes our lives.<img alt="girl in green crew neck t-shirt holding red and white plastic toy" class="sizing-
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