real estate The US government just "disestablished" a Native American reservation Thom Dunn

Business Unsealed court documents reveal that Facebook knew kids were being tricked into spending thousands of dollars on their parents' credit cards Cory Doctorow

class war United axes its employee bonus program, replaces it with a lottery, saving millions Cory Doctorow

usausausa Million-dollar lotto winner finally can afford a doctor visit, discovers he has terminal cancer and promptly dies Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism Americans have no savings, with good reason: housing, education and health care costs are out of control, wages are stagnant, and the Fed has suppressed interest rates Cory Doctorow

corruption Paradise Papers reveal cozy relationship between Stubhub and Canadian botmaster/scalper kingpin Cory Doctorow

Science New gamblers who see a short video about slot-machine psychology don't get tricked Cory Doctorow

finance Hedge fund manager fails to beat the market, owes Warren Buffett a million bucks Cory Doctorow

economics "Productivity" is a perfect example of the pseudscience underpinning economics Cory Doctorow

canada Vancouver's housing bubble was driven by billions in laundered criminal proceeds Cory Doctorow

religion The Vatican dunks on the finance industry and its "amoral culture" Cory Doctorow

politics At anti-monopoly event, Al Franken blasts big tech Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism In California's foreclosure valley, rents soar thanks to hedge fund landlords Cory Doctorow

economics Crash ahoy! London real-estate prices stagnate Cory Doctorow

Business Donald Trump weaponized fine-print to make it impossible to sue Wall Street for fraud Cory Doctorow

videos Las Vegas: high unionization rates mean smaller wage-gaps for women, especially older women Cory Doctorow

class war The last time there were this many unsold $100M+ homes on the market, the world economy imploded Cory Doctorow

science fiction 2016 is the year of the telepathic election, and it's not pretty Cory Doctorow