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Livia Gershon

Livia Gershon is a freelance reporter interested in the intersections of economics, politics, and everyday life. She has written for The Guardian, Pacific Standard, Aeon, and Vice, among other places.

THE PERFECT GIFT
Blame the Society for the Prevention of Useless Gifts for that overly practical present
Quartz • December 19, 2019
SMUGGLING IN THE GIRLS
Girls have quietly out-performed boys in school for over 150 years
Quartz • December 13, 2019
BARE BONES
The racy Victorian-era party trick of X-ray imaging
Quartz • November 22, 2019
A FRIEND INDEED
The future of senior care could be paying your friends and family
Quartz • October 25, 2016
HAPPIER HOURS
Shorter workweeks are catching on in Europe—America not so much
Quartz • June 4, 2016
PLEASURE AS POLICY
Happiness is the new GDP
Quartz • April 16, 2016
Kids were spoiled long before they all got trophies for just showing up
Quartz • January 27, 2016