Pluralistic: 19 Oct 2021

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The true, Terry Pratchett-esque origins of the trillion-dollar coin: It's a feature, not a bug.
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Pluralistic: 04 Oct 2021

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Podcasting "Take It Back": My Medium column on copyright termination and rights reversion.
Savage Love A-Z: A bestiary of good sex.
The Pandora Papers: Tax avoidance is tax evasion.
USPS pilots postal banking: Slashing taxes (on the poor).
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Pluralistic: 02 Oct 2021

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How the IMF loan-sharks the global south: With surcharges, the cruelty is the point.
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Pluralistic: 29 Sep 2021

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Debts that can't be paid, won't be paid: The first David Graeber Foundation meetup, between Thomas Piketty and Michael Hudson.
"Are you calling me a racist?": The libertarian case for racism.
Wells Fargo can't stop criming: The nation's third-biggest bank is a criminal enterprise.
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Pluralistic: 26 Jul 2021

Today's links

Charter schools are money laundries: "The hidden world of charter schools operated for financial gain."
Disney parks and aggregate demand management: My ongoing series on Medium, for an age of supply shocks.
Oregon's carbon offsets go up in smoke: The Bootleg Fire is more evidence that markets can't solve the climate emergency.
Surge pricing violates antitrust law: Even the weaksauce version pushed by the econ establishment.
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Pluralistic: 19 May 2021

Today's links

Dead, broke: What it's like to inherit nothing but debt.
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Pluralistic: 15 May 2021

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Newsom's California fiber dream: 100gbs symmetrical to every home in the state or bust!
The S&L crisis perfected finance crime: The best way to rob a bank is to own one.
Big Pharma's vicious battle against universal covid vaccination: Ghost-writing memos for GOP "public servants."
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Pluralistic: 12 May 2021

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Crooked Timber's Ministry for the Future Seminar: It is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.
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Pluralistic: 30 Apr 2021

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Experian doxes the world (again): And the breach is still ongoing.
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Pluralistic: 22 Apr 2021

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The awesome destructive power of a billionaire: Ihor Kolomoisky destroyed lives in the midwest, Ukraine, and elsewhere.
Banks made bank on covid overdraft charges: Charing the poorest people in America a 3,500% APR.
Moxie hacks Cellebrite: Aesthetically pleasing files versus strict input-checking.
Fighting FLoC is compatible with fighting monopoly: Not all competition is good competition.
EFF sues Proctorio over copyfraud: The sleaze never stops.
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