fake news The New Deal was partly motivated by a desire to kill the fake news epidemic of the Gilded Age Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism McKinsey bills the US government $3m a year for anodyne advice from 23-year-old college grads Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism Wework, Uber, Lyft, Netflix, Bird, Amazon: late-stage capitalism is all about money-losing predatory pricing aimed at creating monopolies Cory Doctorow
class war Uber general counsel threatens California: pass a law that makes drivers into employees and we'll spend $60m on a ballot initiative to overturn it Cory Doctorow
Business All the economists who told the FTC we shouldn't break up Big Tech are paid by Big Tech Cory Doctorow
gop Good riddance: Justice Kennedy; Democrats, it's time for hardcore, relentless Gorsuch payback Cory Doctorow
corruption "Work ethic": Minutes from 2011 meeting reveal Federal Reserve bankers making fun of unemployed Americans Cory Doctorow
surveillance Internal audit shows NSA often breaks privacy rules, made thousands of violations a year Xeni Jardin
politics Economic recovery in the US actually made 99% of Americans poorer, top 1% captured 121% of gains Cory Doctorow