After the 2008 financial crash, Portland writer Evan P. Schneider wrote a novel called A Simple Machine, Like the Lever that told the story of a young man who adopts radical thrift to try to get out ...

When you push or pull with a simple machine, you are applying a force and doing work. And, if you get more force out of a machine than you put into it, then that machine has a mechanical advantage.

Simple Machine Brewing Co. was first opened in north Phoenix in November 2019 by Marshall Norris and Matt Wright, inspiring a handful of other breweries to join them in the Deer Valley area. Now, the ...