Mark Dent

Mark Dent is a senior writer and editor at The Hustle, where he writes feature stories about business and the economy. Mark's work has also appeared in outlets like the New York Times and Wired. He's the author of Kingdom Quarterback, a book about Patrick Mahomes and the fall and rise of midwest cities.

Why 7-Eleven plays classical music outside its stores

Many businesses believe Bach and Mozart are the ultimate crime deterrents.

Mark Dent

6/21/24

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Survival of the richest: Inside the short-lived fallout shelter bubble

Mark Dent

5/31/24

Why Americans stopped buying convertibles

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5/3/24

The failure of the Domino’s 30-minute delivery guarantee

Mark Dent

4/19/24

Why thieves love to steal razors

It’s the same reason people want to buy them.

Mark Dent
Updated 3/29/24
How America’s affordable house of the future failed

The all-steel Lustron was supposed to be an elixir for many of the housing problems we still face to...

Mark Dent
Updated 3/15/24
Why you almost never see a clock at the mall

Retailers, casinos, and grocery stores use a trick called temporal distortion to make you forget abo...

Mark Dent
Updated 2/23/24
Why the Super Bowl halftime show is the most important comme...

On a night when one minute of airtime costs $14m, artists get 12 whole minutes. For free.

Mark Dent
Updated 2/6/24