crimes How counterfeit money is made and passed (video) David Pescovitz

History America's worst counterfeiter forged $1 bills for a decade Ellsworth Toohey

Technology North Korea just yoinked $1.5 billion from crypto bros to fund more missiles Ellsworth Toohey

economics Why humans crave expensive things just because they're expensive: The science of Veblen goods Ellsworth Toohey

politics Cruelty is the point: A Trump ghoul brags about entrapping homeless people Jason Weisberger

shoes Man sued teenager for selling him $20,000 worth of fake Air Jordans David Pescovitz

Technology An urgent proposal to make AI-generated fake people illegal Ruben Bolling

Rolex How scalpers and Rolex store employees are making it nearly impossible to buy a Rolex at retail price Mark Frauenfelder

counterfeiters Watch counterfeiter Jeff Turner describe how he perfected his pseudo-Supernote Andrew Yi

art The counterfeiting trial of J.S.G. Boggs Mark Frauenfelder

counterfeits Grocer accepts movie prop $100 bill as legitimate currency Mark Frauenfelder

News Trump pardons Steve Bannon, Elliot Broidy, Lil Wayne, others — 73 pardons, 70 commutations Xeni Jardin

mistakes Amazon offers pork spray to protect from "Muslim rape gangs" [Update: removed] Rob Beschizza

money More than $250k in counterfeit US bills seized in Cincinnati David Pescovitz

artisanal crime How to detect counterfeit money Mark Frauenfelder

Business Before you ask your Chinese factory for a discount, make sure you won't be kidnapped and/or have your product cloned Cory Doctorow

crimes Counterfeiter caught after he tossed test prints in his trash David Pescovitz

corruption The world's "free trade zones": hives of scum and villainy Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism Wework, Uber, Lyft, Netflix, Bird, Amazon: late-stage capitalism is all about money-losing predatory pricing aimed at creating monopolies Cory Doctorow

Business "Black hat" companies sell services to get products featured and upranked on Amazon Cory Doctorow