Pluralistic: The long sleep of capitalism's watchdogs (26 Jan 2024)

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The long sleep of capitalism's watchdogs: "Self-regulation is to regulation as self-importance is to importance."
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Pluralistic: The FTC has Big Pharma's number (23 Nov 2023)

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The FTC has Big Pharma's number: The sleazy game of Orange Book evergreening.
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Pluralistic: In defense of bureaucratic competence (23 Oct 2023)

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In defense of bureaucratic competence: The nine most uplifting words in the English language: "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help."
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Pluralistic: 18 Oct 2022 Being good at your job is praxis

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Being good at your job is praxis: The FTC can mandate Right to Repair without (further) Congressional authorization.
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Pluralistic: 04 Aug 2021

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Vaccine refusal and health insurance: Insurers to unvaccinated: "Drop dead."
Congress has allocated enough money to end the eviction crisis: But they asked the states to hand it out.
Utilities governed like empires: One bad account disconnection can cost you everything.
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Pluralistic: 21 Jan 2021

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NYPD can't stop choking Black men: A postmortem on many postmortems.
Rolling back the Trump rollback: Administrative competence has its uses.
YMCA, Trump edition: "I said old man, get your Ass. Out. Of. Town."
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Pluralistic: 02 Jun 2020

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Image Scrubber: An in-browser image sanitizer that doesn't require you to trust a random website.
Trump's bailout guy is making millions for his family: Justin Muzinich isn't a flamboyant villain like Mnuchin. He's a quiet villain.
Fix the police: What evidence says about police reform.
After Jim Crow, broken windows: Kelling and Zimbardo have a lot to answer for.
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