Oliver Bateman Does the Work

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The Work of the Modern Shoplifter

The Work of the Modern Shoplifter

A dispatch from the front lines of the war on inflation and our ever-declining living standards

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Mar 24, 2025
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When it came to the work of white-collar shoplifting, Winona Ryder was ahead of her time

Today's article is something completely different. I recently sat down with a childhood friend — once a hotshot sales executive, now an underemployed professional making ends meet — who reached out wanting to confess how he's been making ends meet in these challengin…

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