money Woman shredded $1 million before death to spite relatives David Pescovitz

jeffrey epstein The "Jeffrey Epstein's Financial Assistant Scheme" is a 2020 twist on the classic Nigerian Prince Scam Thom Dunn

lifestyles of the rich and hideous South Dakota is becoming a "mini-Switzerland for the world’s rich" Mark Frauenfelder

Japan Look at this complicated robot designed to discourage use of e-signatures John Struan

philanthropy Resource Generation: rich kids who are determined to give away their parents' money and make America more fair and equal Cory Doctorow

books Tolkien’s Lobelia Sackville-Baggins is probably a misogynist satire of women's rights campaigner Victoria Sackville-West Cory Doctorow

videos Ta-Nehisi Coates makes the case for reparations to Congress Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism Older Americans are working beyond retirement age at levels not seen since 1962 Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism Thomas Piketty explains how Elizabeth Warren's wealth tax is American as apple pie Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism Yellow Vests stand for and against many contradictory things, but are united in opposition to oligarchy Cory Doctorow

economics Nobel-winning economist Joe Stiglitz on how the US economy became a "rigged, inherited plutocracy" and how to fix it Cory Doctorow

corruption Britain's Corbyn-panicked oligarchs are shifting money offshore Cory Doctorow

law Illinois votes to eliminate inmates' doctor visit co-pays, equivalent to one month's wages Cory Doctorow

Culture L.A. stories: New podcast looks at the real Los Angeles Rusty Blazenhoff

crime Spectacular read: a profile of Anna Sorokin, a con-artist who convinced New York that she was a high-rolling socialite trust-funder Cory Doctorow

cool science toys Desktop probability machine Mark Frauenfelder

art Phantasmagoric human-animal hybrids on exhibition David Pescovitz

trump Koch brothers publish letter crowing about all the ways Trump spent the year carrying water for them Cory Doctorow

education California ballot initiative to make state university free again by reinstating inheritance tax for millionaires Cory Doctorow

class war If the UK's minimum wage had risen with its executive pay, the lowest paid jobs in the country would be worth £26K/year Cory Doctorow