Pluralistic: The credit card fee victory is a defeat (28 Mar 2024)

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The credit card fee victory is a defeat: Small cartels beat large industries every time.
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Pluralistic: SVB's investors will get $2b in public bailout money (18 Mar 2023)

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SVB's investors will get $2b in public bailout money: Also, Silicon Valley is apparently a neighborhood in Manhattan?
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Pluralistic: 24 Apr 2021

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Guess who's doing a usury in Iowa: When your exercise bike is actually a predatory lender.
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