Pluralistic: 08 Jul 2021

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Indonesia's gig work tech resistance: Tuyul apps and the IT of the Road.
Owning a sports-team is a plute's get-out-of-tax-free card: Here's what to do about it.
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Pluralistic: 19 Jun 2021

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The gig economy's dark-money, astroturf "community groups": Uber and Lyft spent their way into a rep for racial justice.
The doctrine of dynastic wealth: Abigail Disney on tax evasion and the American caste system.
This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
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Pluralistic: 29 Apr 2021

Today's links

What the hell is "carried interest": A scam, obviously, but the real ripoff is preferential tax-treatment of capital gains.
Korea set to break the Samsung dynasty: Intergenerational wealth transfers, dynastic fortunes, and eugenic meritocracy.
Disney's writer wage-theft is far worse than reported: Allan Dean Foster was just the first to go public.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2020
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Pluralistic: 28 Apr 2021

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Dems want to give $600b to the one percent: Repealing the SALT cap is not a middle-class issue.
This day in history: 2006, 2020
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