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How Economists Turned Corporations into Predators
How shareholder value theory and other bad ideas created lousy incentives for corporations’ executives.
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Facebook tells Big Lies about its users. Why aren’t advertisers making a Big Stink?
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A short overview of the importance of tax breaks to oil company profits.
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Trump’s latest giveaway: a massive subsidy to coal and nuclear plant operators via unnecessary and costly electricity backup requirements.
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Uber may have bought itself more time with a conditional pact among its big shareholders, but it hasn’t solved its fundamental problems.
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Italy has taken a step towards issuing a new currency in the form of tax credits. Will it make it more money-like by making it more tradable?
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Beware! Retailers are trying to implement smart phone snooping to allow for better price gouging.
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Gaming out possible moves by Spain if Catalonia proceeds with its secession plan.
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A mini-tour of right wing phantasmagora about how oversexed men and insufficiently chaste women are the ruination of the economy.
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Trump speaks an inconvenient truth about Puerto Rico. How long before his minders walk it back?
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