Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Nine: The 1990s Koch Funded Propaganda Program That is Uber’s True Origin Story
The perception that Uber is a competitive success comes from a recycled propaganda campaign.
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Gaius Publius: Explosive WikiLeaks Release Exposes Massive, Aggressive CIA Cyber Spying, Hacking Capability
A look at some implications of the Wikileaks Vault 7 release of CIA documents.
Read more...After Failed UK IPO, Bank Software “Dog” Misys May Be Coming to the US!
Misys’s private equity owner Vista is trying for an overpriced exit. As the saying goes, “Little pigs get fed, big pigs get slaughtered.
Read more...Cambridge Analytica: BINGO!
Our Marina Bart was alone in debunking the supposedly miraculously propaganda powers of Cambridge Analytica, which the Guardian just trashed.
Read more...Apprenticeship and the Rise of Europe
How the apprenticeship system developed and gave Europe an edge.
Read more...Working for Amazon: Better Than Sex, Worse Than Hell (Part 2)
Amazon warehouse workers describe the future of non-elite work in the 21st century.
Read more...Working for Amazon: Better Than Sex, Worse Than Hell (Part 1)
Amazon warehouse workers describe the future of non-elite work in the 21st century.
Read more...Do Democratic Operatives Dream of Big Data Death Stars? The Case Against Cambridge Analytica As a Propaganda Tool
Why Big Data isn’t the propaganda threat you’ve been told it is.
Read more...India’s “Bold Experiment With Cash”: Debunking Myths
India radical demonetization policy: Is this a decisive action against the black economy or an ill-considered, damagingly arbitrary act?
Read more...How Antitrust Enforcement Can Spur Innovation: Bell Labs and the 1956 Consent Decree
A concrete example of how well-designed antitrust enforcement produced large economic benefits.
Read more...Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Eight: Brad Stone’s Uber Book “The Upstarts”– PR/Propaganda Masquerading as Journalism
By Hubert Horan, who has 40 years of experience in the management and regulation of transportation companies (primarily airlines). Horan has no financial links with any urban car service industry competitors, investors or regulators, or any firms that work on behalf of industry participants Brad Stone’s new book “The Upstarts,” is subtitled “How Uber, Airbnb, […]
Read more...“Civil Rights Groups” Throw Public Under the Bus on Net Neutrality for Their Big Telco Donors
How the big telcos have bought off so-called civil rights groups, who are pushing hard to end net neutrality.
Read more...Wolf Richter: Trump Promises “Fast Trains,” Japan’s Railway Stocks Soar
Trump and Abe send signals over Japan involvement in developing US high-speed rail– good news for stalled California project?
Read more...Why Central Bankers Should Not Be Trusted With Money: Greek Exit Edition
An upcoming Greek bailout is leading to new discussion of the idea of a Grexit. And as before, some well-meaning ideas are wildly impractical.
Read more...Cringley: How Silicon Valley Can Sidestep Trump H-1B Visa Restrictions
Why restrictions on H-1B visas may not do much for tech workers.
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