Two missed opportunities from the Federal Trade Commission, on Google and Facebook, led us to the monopoly crisis we face today.
Science, Tech, Environment
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Make Passengers Safer? Boeing Just Made Shareholders Richer.
And none more so than their own executives
Posted inEconomic Policy
Controversial Change to Consumer Rights Postponed
After hours of debate, the American Law Institute gives up on a radical reinterpretation of consumer contract law.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
The Secret Vote That Could Wipe Away Consumer Rights
A legal society is reinterpreting the law on consumer contracts to make it even easier to fool people with bad terms and conditions, critics charge.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Digital Media Is Suffocating—and It’s Facebook and Google’s Fault
Newsrooms across the country are laying off journalists, because the ad dollars generated from their work all filter up to Big Tech.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Amazon Cashes Out
Faced with a nationwide backlash, the world’s largest online retailer pulls back its plan for cashless stores. For now.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Stripping the Value from Food Labels
New regulations allow the food industry to hide important information from consumers, and it could get worse.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Those Boeing Crashes and Donald Trump
It would be convenient to blame Trump’s deregulation. But the regulatory failure that ended in two tragic crashes was all too bipartisan.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Here’s the Real Trouble With Tech
Once you understand the tech giants are capturing unguarded human experience, their business makes sense.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Robocall Deluge Is a Case of Government Failure
Why those calls on your phone are more than a nuisance