Business Why can't we see big companies' tax returns? Cory Doctorow

Business How the GOP's simplified Border Adjustment Tax will be instantly riddled with loopholes Cory Doctorow

vehicles UK to allow electric scooters on roads, but only if you rent one Rob Beschizza

mistakes You'll never want to use AirBnB again after reading Vice's investigation into all the scams run on travelers Rob Beschizza

graeber Banks have returned to the pre-2008 world of automatic credit-limit increases for credit cards used by already indebted people Cory Doctorow

wheels Donald Trump thinks the wheel was invented by Americans Thom Dunn

corruption Private equity firms should be abolished Cory Doctorow

santa claus We need to close the North Pole tax loopholes to pay for Universal Elfcare Thom Dunn

kentucky One of the poorest, most desperate regions in Appalachia is experiencing an economic miracle thanks to fiber run by a New Deal-era co-op Cory Doctorow

Business A sweeping new tech bill from Silicon Valley Democrats promises privacy, interoperability, and protection from algorithmic discrimination and manipulation Cory Doctorow

eulas Donotpay adds tool to automatically analyze lengthy, terrible terms of service Cory Doctorow

class war The Labour manifesto: transformation of the welfare system, fair conditions for workers, universal housing, home care for elderly, fully funded NHS, fair taxes for the rich Cory Doctorow

china China's government is limiting the number of hours kids can play computer games Mark Frauenfelder

guns Most "black market" guns in America are purchased legally across state lines Thom Dunn

elections A deep dive into Elizabeth Warren's plan to tame private equity Cory Doctorow

Business Understanding "transfer pricing": how corporations dodge taxes through financial colonialism Cory Doctorow

Business Structural Separation: antitrust's tried-and-true weapon for monopolists who bottleneck markets Cory Doctorow

Business For the first time since the 70s, New York State is set to enshrine sweeping tenants' protections Cory Doctorow

scholarship Gabriel Zucman: the Piketty-trained "wealth detective" who catalogued the secret fortunes of the super-rich and figured out how to tax them Cory Doctorow

finance Sanders and AOC team up for an anti-loansharking bill that will replace payday lenders with post-office banking Cory Doctorow