America’s Top Export May Be Anxiety
English-speaking teens are spreading their problems abroad.
Derek Thompson
Derek Thompson is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of the Work in Progress newsletter. He is also the author of the books Hit Makers and On Work: Money, Meaning, Identity and the host of the podcast Plain English.
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