Pluralistic: Paying consumer debts is basically optional in the United States (12 August 2023)

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Paying consumer debts is basically optional in the United States: The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act protects the people who need it least.
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Pluralistic: The Sacklers woulda gotten away with it if it wasn't for those darned meddling feds (11 August 2023)

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The Sacklers woulda gotten away with it if it wasn't for those darned meddling feds: A Supreme Court surprise might spell the end of one of the worst forms of elite impunity.
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Pluralistic: Private equity plunderers want to buy Simon & Schuster (08 August 2023)

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Private equity plunderers want to buy Simon & Schuster: From the same parasites that infected your hospital's emergency room and sucked Toys R Us dry.
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Pluralistic: Wall Street Journal goes to bat for the vultures who want to steal your house (04 June 2023)

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Wall Street Journal goes to bat for the vultures who want to steal your house: When the editorial page leaks into the news.
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Pluralistic: When you hear "fintech," think "unlicensed bank" (01 May 2023)

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When you hear "fintech," think "unlicensed bank": "…with a computer."
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Pluralistic: Why the Fed wants to crush workers (19 Jan 2023)

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Why the Fed wants to crush workers: Fall of Rome speedrun.
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Pluralistic: 04 Aug 2022

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A TRAP for workers: Oops, we re-invented indenture.
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Pluralistic: 27 Jul 2022

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"War Against All Puerto Ricans": Required reading for the eve of a new independence referendum.
Dashcam repo: Cruising the streets with a license plate camera to win debt-collector bounties.
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Pluralistic: 08 Jul 2022

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Finance caused the fall of Rome: A politics of protecting contracts and property is a civilizational suicide pact.
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Pluralistic: 03 May 2022

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The Democrats' self-immolating fetish for means-testing: How to lose an election…and a nation.
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