Doug Burgum is the perfect conduit for Big Tech and Big Oil’s joint agenda.
Big Tech
Posted inWorking in America
The ‘Pro-Worker’ Portable Benefits Scam
Big Tech app companies want to evade employment law, and they’re hoping Republicans will help.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Chips on the Table
The Biden administration wanted to restore the domestic semiconductor industry. The results have disappointed.
Posted inEconomic Policy
AI Bubble, Meet Pin
Open-source software from China calls into question why we’re committing trillions to winning the AI race.
Posted inBooks
Pulled in All Directions
Chris Hayes’s new book argues that the demand for attention has taken over every facet of our lives.
Posted inPolitics
Joe Biden’s Cautionary Farewell
He warned about the threats to American democracy. As did Eisenhower. As did Washington. And all three warned us about Elon Musk.
Posted inPolitics
The Essential Incoherence of the End of the Biden Presidency
One reason the president goes out with low approval ratings is that his agenda was internally contradictory.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Zuckerberg Proves Meta Is Too Big
One monopoly company should not have the power to decree which speech is permissible and which isn’t.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Q&A: Taking On the Biggest Problems and the Biggest Companies
An exit interview with Jonathan Kanter, Biden’s head of the Justice Department Antitrust Division
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Bluesky Proves Stagnant Monopolies Are Strangling the Internet
One tiny company has the bloated Facebook empire scrambling to respond.
