politics The white supremacist origins of "public choice theory," the bedrock of contemporary libertarian thought Cory Doctorow
tories Margaret Thatcher sold off public housing to create "the dignity of ownership" and today 40% of that housing is owned by gouging landlords Cory Doctorow
scholarship How an influential economics paper used imaginary environmental overregulation to spur low-density luxury housing Cory Doctorow
twitter A viral "angriest librarian" explains why America needs libraries now more than ever Cory Doctorow
politics The DNC picked a bunch of sleazy lobbyists as superdelegates, can't figure out why no one is donating Cory Doctorow
eu Spain's right-wing government orders brutal police crackdown on Catalan independence referendum Cory Doctorow
Business The Democrats' tax-credits for job training idea has been discredited for decades Cory Doctorow
politics Traditional capitalism needs "extra" people, but managerial capitalism has no use for them Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism Flint threatens to take away 8,000 families' homes for failure to pay bills for poisoned water Cory Doctorow
uspoli After a century of resisting monopolies, Democrats became the party of finance capitalism and it cost them the election Cory Doctorow
law Tiny, poor, diabetes-wracked Pacific island nations want to ban junk food, despite risk of WTO retaliation Cory Doctorow
politics A succinct, simple, excellent description of the problems of neoliberalism and their solution Cory Doctorow
politics Registered Democrats (mostly young and/or racialised) who didn't vote cost Hillary the election Cory Doctorow
Kids Indiana's "educational achievement" bonuses: teachers in rich schools get 20x more than those in poor districts Cory Doctorow
