Pluralistic: 21 Nov 2022 Universities secretly sold their students to online casinos

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Universities secretly sold their students to online casinos: It's varsity-level corruption.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
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Private equity health-care monopolies are on a profitable killing spree: And you thought it was bad before.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
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Uber's still not profitable: An effective wealth transfer of $2.8 billion from labor to capital in just three months.
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

Wework founder raises $70m for blockchain-based, "voluntary" carbon credits: It's a scam matrioshka.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: None
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The antitrust case against gig companies: Either they're violating employment law, or they're violating antitrust.
Cops prove how stupid the SMART Act is: Blasting Disney tunes as a way to foil accountability.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

The Big Lie that keeps the Uber bezzle alive: A credulous press continues to report massive losses as profitability.
This day in history: 2017, 2021
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

Podcasting "I Quit": My essay on smoking cessation, doubt, denial, and the worst corporations on Earth.
New York to revolutionize antitrust: "Consumer Welfare" is bad for your welfare.
New York to revolutionize voting: The SAFE Act and PAVE Act ride again!
Competition tames ISPs: How living on the wrong side of the street can cost you thousands of dollars.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016
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Efficiency is very inefficient: Resiliency is not a market good.
This day in history: 2011, 2016, 2020
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Robot Artists & Black Swans: The fantascienza of "Bruno Argento" (AKA Bruce Sterling).
Klobuchar on trustbusting: She's just published "Antitrust: Taking on Monopoly Power from the Gilded Age to the Digital Age."
Pharma's anti-generic-vaccine lobbying blitz: A civilization-ending delusion about pools with "no-pissing" ends.
Unpack the court with judicial overrides: Consumer Protection and Recovery Act and beyond.
Lexmark's toxic printer-ink: Every pirate wants to be an admiral.
This day in history: 2011, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

My talks with Edward Snowden and William Gibson: Two wonderful books for your TBR.
Complicity, incompetence, leadership and Capitol Police: A deep postmortem and legal repercussions.
How Republicans froze Texas solid: Market Lysenkoists.
Uber loses court battle, steals wages, censors whistleblower: Big bezzle energy.
This day in history: 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading