corruption Candid Wall Street barons worry that GOP tax plan will lead to literal euthanasia of the rentier Cory Doctorow
politics Night of the Long Boris: several UK cabinet members fired, finance chief quits Rob Beschizza
telcoms Ajit Pai promised that killing net neutrality would spur network investment, but instead Comcast cut spending by 10.5% Cory Doctorow
Business Charter/Spectrum sold customers expensive home security systems, then killed the program and left them high and dry Cory Doctorow
elections When Republicans say "How will you pay for Medicare for All?" Democrats should answer: "Mexico will pay for it" Cory Doctorow
guillotine watch IRS admits it audits poor people because auditing rich people is too expensive Cory Doctorow
media theory The reporter on the NYT's Bernie Sanders beat consistently fails to identify her sources as corporate lobbyists Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism Texas Instrument's post-#taxscam budget for financial engineering is $5B — triple its budget for actual engineering Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism Congressional shaming prompts notorious Pentagon price-gouger to refund $16.1m Cory Doctorow
Business The empirical impact of Lyft and Uber on cities: congestion (especially downtown, especially during "surges"), overworked drivers Cory Doctorow
trumpism AT&T promised it would create 7,000 jobs if Trump went through with its $3B tax-cut, but they cut 23,000 jobs instead Cory Doctorow
tabloids Prince Harry’s paternity nightmare and the Royal Family changed forever, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
late stage capitalism Thomas Piketty explains how Elizabeth Warren's wealth tax is American as apple pie Cory Doctorow
wealth inequality Less than 1% of the world's population owns almost 50% of the world's wealth Mark Frauenfelder
