Money Talks

The Election Exposes Why the Post Office Should Not Be Treated Like a Business

It can be an arm of government or a profitable business — it can’t be both

James Surowiecki
Marker
Published in
6 min readOct 22, 2020

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Illustration: Pablo Delcan

Money Talks is a column that explores what happens when business, the economy, and culture collide.

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James Surowiecki
Marker
Writer for

I’m the author of The Wisdom of Crowds. I’ve been a business columnist for Slate and The New Yorker and written for a wide range of other publications.