Pluralistic: Lina Khan's future is the future of the Democratic Party – and America (11 Oct 2024)

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Lina Khan's future is the future of the Democratic Party – and America: Is the Harris administration committed to the American people, or billionaire donors?
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Pluralistic: Academic economists get big payouts when they help monopolists beat antitrust (25 Sep 2024)

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Academic economists get big payouts when they help monopolists beat antitrust: Big Tobacco's cancer denial playbook is alive and well.
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Pluralistic: The Google antitrust remedy should extinguish surveillance, not democratize it (07 Aug 2024)

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The Google antitrust remedy should extinguish surveillance, not democratize it: "People like relevant ads" is a lie, and "attribution" is an abomination.
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Pluralistic: UK publishers suing Google for $17.4b over rigged ad markets (06 Jun 2024)

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UK publishers suing Google for $17.4b over rigged ad markets: Because tech steals publishers' money, not their content.
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Pluralistic: Paying for it doesn't make it a market (22 Apr 2024)

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Paying for it doesn't make it a market: But competition does.
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Pluralistic: Precaritize bosses (19 Apr 2024)

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Precaritize bosses: When the ruling class tells you what motivates them, believe them the first time.
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Pluralistic: Meatspace twiddling (26 Mar 2024)

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Meatspace twiddling: Cyberspace may never evert, but it can certainly prolapse.
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Pluralistic: Big Tech disrupted disruption (08 Feb 2024)

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Big Tech disrupted disruption: We don't have to care, we're the phone company.
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Pluralistic: Worker misclassification is a competition issue (02 Feb 2024)

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Worker misclassification is a competition issue: Corrupt employers created a market for lemons.
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Pluralistic: Brinklump Linkdump (20 Jan 2024)

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Brinklump Linkdump: Indiscriminate heterogeniety for the sabbath.
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