late stage capitalism The US workforce is the most productive, best educated in history and unemployment is at an all-time low, but wages are stagnant Cory Doctorow
class war Rail barons and the new gilded age: one-percenters travel in style by hitching private "super-luxe" railcars to Amtrak trains Cory Doctorow
surveillance Billionaire Cartier boss returns from fishing holiday gripped with terror that the poors are going to start building guillotines Cory Doctorow
Business Gary Cohn served Donald Trump for 14 months, and made billions for his old bosses at Goldman Sachs Cory Doctorow
class war Thousands of Oklahoma teachers, inspired by West Virginia, are planning a walkout Cory Doctorow
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
late stage capitalism The world's worst money launderers are the UK, Switzerland and the USA Cory Doctorow
class war Apple, Google add 45 minutes to commuter-bus run to avoid 280 highway, where the buses' windows keep getting smashed Cory Doctorow
class war To keep their bond-ratings, hedge-funds have to publicly demonstrate that they are the most ruthless of landlords Cory Doctorow
uk Scottish police confirm requests from world governments to find money laundered through "the UK's homegrown secrecy vehicle" Cory Doctorow
uk UK tax authority, gutted by austerity and buried by Brexit, can't deal with the crime revealed by the Paradise Papers Cory Doctorow
piketty After a manager at a Dollar General asked about the unionization of a nearby store, the company fired her Cory Doctorow
piketty Modern Monetary Theory: the economic basis for expanded social spending and greater shared prosperity Cory Doctorow
class war Astounding coincidence: Intel's CEO liquidated all the stock he was legally permitted to sell after learning of catastrophic processor flaws Cory Doctorow
