How power, technology, and opportunity have come together to gouge consumers
Economic Policy
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Fintech Fight Leads to Hundreds of Thousands of Frozen Accounts
The chaotic bankruptcy of a middleware platform called Synapse has impacted numerous fintech companies, whose users are locked out of their savings.
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The Raiding of Red Lobster
The bankrupt casual restaurant chain didn’t fail because of Endless Shrimp. Its problems date back to monopolist seafood conglomerates and a private equity play.
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Why Auto Insurance Rates Are Out of Control
The factors are partly structural, but also have to do with a corporate drive for profits and use of technology to precision-target customers.
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The Real Entitlement Crisis: Good Reporting Is in Short Supply
The preferred journals of the power elite peddle the myth of pending Social Security catastrophe, which is catastrophically wrong.
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Tariffs Give U.S. Automakers a Fleeting Chance
The Biden administration is protecting its investment in a domestic auto industry. Domestic auto producers have to rise to the moment.
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Trendy Nonsense About Gen Z
It comes in two flavors, economic and psychological.
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Why Elon Loves China and Hates Sweden
Capitalism and communism suppress workers; social democracy empowers them.
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Net Neutrality in Name Only?
Some advocates are concerned that a restoration of open-internet rules could allow some internet service providers to create ‘fast lanes’ for certain applications.
