Issue of April 29, 2013

The Financial Page

The Underground Recovery
by James Surowiecki

The gray economy.
Annals of Immigration

The Deportation Machine
by William Finnegan

A citizen vs. the system.
The Writing Life

Draft No. 4
by John McPhee

Searching for the right words.
Profiles

Happiness
by Ian Parker

Noah Baumbach changes direction.

The Critics

A Critic at Large

Don’t Look Down
by George Packer

Depression literature, old and new.
The Current Cinema

Home Fronts
by Anthony Lane

“Oblivion,” “In the House.”