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American Futures Heads West

Back on the road and in the air.

  • James Fallows
  • December 13, 2013

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Through the month of November, my part of the American Futures convoy was in the hangar, because of two long-haul business trips I was making, to Australia and China. John Tierney and Deb Fallows have been skillfully reporting in the meantime.

Very soon, the next issue of the magazine will appear with an article about our project, and starting this weekend we’ll have reports online and with our Marketplace partners about the next stop along the way.

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