Pluralistic: 05 May 2022

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A New York law to end Wall Street's pension ripoff: The ex-suckers flip the card table.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2012, 2017, 2021
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Pluralistic: 28 Mar 2022

Today's links

Podcasting "The Byzantine Premium": The contradiction at the heart of Bitcoin advocacy.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 17 Mar 2022

Today's links

Late stage capitalism is weird capitalism: A planned economy run by Blackrock, Vanguard and State Street.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2017, 2021
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 11 Mar 2022

Today's links

The SEC must not legitimize fake "carbon offsets": Net zero is not zero.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017
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Pluralistic: 02 Mar 2022

Today's links

Defi and Shadow Banking 2.0: Leverage, rigidity and bank runs.
This day in history: 2002, 2012, 2017
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Pluralistic: 21 Feb 2022

Today's links

A(nother) massive Swiss banking leak: Sunshine won't disinfect anything on its own.
The people's disruption: Tech rights are workers' rights.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
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Pluralistic: 09 Feb 2022

Today's links

Litigation finance pits greed against greed: There was a late-stage captialism that swallowed a fly…
Occupy the SEC on bank mergers: The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index considered harmful.
This day in history: 2012, 2017, 2021
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Pluralistic: 29 Jan 2022

Today's links

No, payday lenders aren't nice guys: Won't someone think of the poor usurers?
The Right to Repair: A stupendous new book on a very urgent subject.
This day in history: 2002, 2017, 2021
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Pluralistic: 27 Jan 2022

Today's links

As stocks tumble, wealthy speculators bid up house prices: The long-run effect of Obama's choice to bail out lenders, not borrowers.
Cops' imaginary fears send addicts to real jail: The deadly myth of the fentanyl contact high.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
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Pluralistic: 07 Jan 2022

Today's links

Jackpot watch: How the klept operates in the UK.
This day in history: 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
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