real estate Private companies can make more than your property is worth if you fail to pay taxes Thom Dunn

economics Deutsche Bank thinks people should pay a 5% "privilege tax" to work from home Thom Dunn

class war Read ProPublica's excellent work on the IRS's targeting of poor taxpayers Thom Dunn

Business These 27 profitable S&P 500 companies paid no tax last year Cory Doctorow

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tabloids Miss USA "murdered" and an unrelated Biden "cover-up" in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

billionaires ProPublica investigation finds ultra-rich pay almost nothing in federal income tax Rob Beschizza

neoliberalism The dystopian roots of the concept of "Meritocracy" Thom Dunn

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

illustration Interview with cartoonist R. Sikoryak on his new book, Constitution Illustrated Mark Frauenfelder

trump Why tabloid reporters are like Donald Trump Peter Sheridan

News Social security for all — for now Maureen Herman

guns Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different Solutions Thom Dunn

Business Rockstar Games made £4b between 2013-19, paid no corporate tax in the UK, claimed £42m in tax relief Cory Doctorow

Old school In 1943, the chairman of the NY Fed backed Modern Monetary Theory: "Taxes for Revenue Are Obsolete" Cory Doctorow

racism Catherynne Valente schools her racist neighbors about the asylum seekers in their midst Catherynne Valente

late stage capitalism That billionaire who paid off a graduating class's student loans also supports the hedge-fundie's favorite tax loophole Cory Doctorow

net neutrality America is not "polarized": it's a land where a small minority tyrannize the supermajority Cory Doctorow

piketty A 70% tax on income over $10m is designed to correct inequality, not raise revenue Cory Doctorow

eu GDPR: Good for privacy, even better for Google's dominance Cory Doctorow