wealth inequality Watch this shocking pumpkin pie analogy of how the United States' $98 trillion is divided between wealth brackets Mark Frauenfelder
elections Bloomberg's $34m presidential campaign ad-buy is 1.1% of the taxes Bernie, Warren and Steyer want him to pay Cory Doctorow
lifestyles of the rich and hideous South Dakota is becoming a "mini-Switzerland for the world’s rich" Mark Frauenfelder
fake news The New Deal was partly motivated by a desire to kill the fake news epidemic of the Gilded Age Cory Doctorow
Business Despite 50 state AGs' antitrust investigations, Google stocks hit an all time high Cory Doctorow
Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) 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
corruption Leaks reveal how creepy, cultish monopolist Intuit lobbied Congress and the IRS to kill free tax-filing Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism For the first time ever, taxes on the 400 richest Americans were lower than taxes on everyone else Cory Doctorow
guillotine watch IRS admits it audits poor people because auditing rich people is too expensive 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
france Having burnished their reputations with extravagant promises, the billionaires who pledged €600m. to rebuild Notre Dame are missing in action Cory Doctorow
guillotine watch When Trump's #TaxScam meant that affluent people no longer had to use the paid version of Turbotax, Turbotax started charging poor people, disabled people, students and elderly people Cory Doctorow
Old school In 1943, the chairman of the NY Fed backed Modern Monetary Theory: "Taxes for Revenue Are Obsolete" Cory Doctorow
law Heirs' property: how southern states allow white land developers to steal reconstruction-era land from Black families Cory Doctorow
