Pluralistic: The tax sharks are back and they're coming for your home (27 Apr 2024)

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The tax sharks are back and they're coming for your home: Like picking pennies off a dead man’s eyes.
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Pluralistic: Microsoft put their tax-evasion in writing and now they owe $29 billion; The Lost Cause prologue, part 6 (13 Oct 2023)

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Microsoft put their tax-evasion in writing and now they owe $29 billion: The process is the punishment.
The Lost Cause prologue, part 6: Big finish!
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Pluralistic: How Goldman Sachs's "tax-loss harvesting" lets the ultra-rich rake in billions tax-free (24 Apr 2023)

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How Goldman Sachs's "tax-loss harvesting" lets the ultra-rich rake in billions tax-free: "Generating a tax loss without a substantial change in the investment."
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Pluralistic: Bruce Schneier's "A Hacker's Mind" (06 Feb 2023)

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Bruce Schneier's "A Hacker's Mind": Thinking about tactics AND power.
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Pluralistic: 08 Dec 2021

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All the books I reviewed in 2021: Plus one I published!
Broken Promises: The Writers Guild of America West makes the case for media un-consolidation.
How elite hobbies let billionaires pay no tax: More from Propublica's IRS Leaks.
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Pluralistic: 20 Jun 2021

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How to cheat on your taxes: The rich are different from you and me.
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Pluralistic: 02 Jun 2021

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NYC's driver-owned Uber alternative: Platform cooperativism needs interoperability, though.
Amazon running scared from arbitration at scale: The right kind of automation.
How the Dutch helped CBS cheat on its taxes: Onshore-offshore and the IP shell-game.
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Pluralistic: 13 May 2021

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The Democratic establishment: Rahm Emanuel is why we can't have nice things.
Uber (Ch)eats: Innovation in tax evasion.
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