Pluralistic: 05 Jan 2021

Today's links

My Fellow Americans: Audio, text and commentary for every president's inaugural address.
Digital manorialism vs neofeudalism: Tech companies as warlords with walled gardens.
South Carolina GOP moots modest improvements to "magistrate judges": Lewis Carroll was an optimist.
Pavilions replacing union workers with "gig workers": Prop 22's other shoe drops.
This day in history: 2006, 2016
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 05 Jul 2020

Today's links

Bojo's "New Deal" is neither: tldr 0.2% of GDP is not 40% of GDP.
The real racial wealth gap: The 1% distort our statistics.
This day in history: 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 24 May 2020

Today's links

Bloomberg editorial calls for a supersized New Deal: Noah Smith says FDR didn't go far enough.
A Database of Ruin: Another excerpt from Barton Gellman's Snowden book.
Coronagrifting and other bad design fictions: Photoshop will not win the war on the virus.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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