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Bethany McLean’s Weekend Reading List: Pension Crisis, Narcissism, and Craziness

Bethany McLean
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean.      OK, OK. I know I’m admittedly obsessed...
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Bethany McLean's Weekend Reading List: Google’s Secrets, Banking, and Boeing

Bethany McLean
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean.    I think I've been reading too many...
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Bethany McLean's Weekend Reading List: the SEC, Tesla, and California's Housing Crisis

Bethany McLean
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean.    One of my ongoing obsessions is the...
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Bethany McLean's Weekend Reading List: Pension Problems, Funky Accounting, and Elon Musk

Bethany McLean
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean  My three picks this week deal with...
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SolarCity’s Troubles Fuel the Religious War Around Tesla’s Future and Elon Musk

Bethany McLean
Musk has been saying for years that his solar business will be similar in size to Tesla’s car business, but this is not likely to...
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Bethany McLean's Weekend Reading List: Cheap Credit, WeWork, and Fracking

Bethany McLean
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean    I'm always interested in stories about what...
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How Powerful Ideas Can Shape Society: Aaron Director and the Triumph of Nihilism

Matt Stoller
The rise of giants like Amazon and Facebook proves the long-lasting influence of Director's approach. His intellectual and political legacy is the transition of...
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Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (December 9-16)

ProMarket writers
Congress misses an opportunity to scrutinize Google; the IRS is on life support; Johnson & Johnson reportedly knew for decades that its baby powder...
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Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (December 2-9)

ProMarket writers
Documents released by British Parliament show Facebook’s attempts to stifle competition; the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau no longer protects consumers; provider consolidation is driving...
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Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (November 18-December 2)

ProMarket writers
New report reveals America’s “concentration crisis”; antitrust enforcers and regulators in Europe are going after Amazon, Facebook and Google; Facebook’s ongoing Soros debacle; and...
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“An Offer We Can’t Refuse”: How We Gave Away Our Data and Made Big Tech What It Is Today

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