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Too Many Jobs Feel Meaningless Because They Are
A new book argues that work that is of no real value has proliferated. No wonder productivity is stagnant.
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China's Lending Crackdown Is Notable for Three Reasons
The platforms have mushroomed from fewer than 10 to more than 2,000, but only a few hundred operate with government-issued permits.
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Inside the Brotherhood of the Ad Blockers
For the advertising industry, ad blocking is an existential crisis. For the Pi-hole community, it’s a sport.
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Treat Facebook Like Big Tobacco
Government should scrutinize and publicize the harms of social media – not use antitrust regulation to encourage even more platforms.
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Don't Lower Corporate Taxes. Abolish Them.
I clicked consumed in rage, yet I was persuaded. // “It could be argued that the existence of a tax that countries cannot properly enforce is one of the factors undermining trust in governments and feeding populist movements. ... There are other ways governments can keep corporations in check -- for example, through environmental, safety and labor regulations, which U.S. Republicans and Brexiters dislike but which ultimately benefit consumers in a way the corporate tax doesn't. ... And the same time, there is a degree of fairness in imposing taxes where goods and services are consumed, and not where a company that sells them is domiciled.”
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Dying Alone in Japan: The Industry Devoted to What’s Left Behind
As the country’s population ages and shrinks, there’s increasing demand for services that clean out and dispose of the property of the dead.
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First death by robot car
Uber self-driving vehicle struck and killed woman Sunday night in Tempe
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America’s ‘Retail Apocalypse’ Is Really Just Beginning
The spillover from retailer debt will flow far and wide across the economy.
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The Recycling Game Is Rigged Against You
Even if you put everything into the right blue bins, a lot of plastics will end up in landfills and the ocean. Consumers can't solve this problem.
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What's Really Warming the World?
Climate deniers blame natural factors; NASA data proves otherwise
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Too Many Medicines Simply Don’t Work
A pair of new studies sheds light on an old problem: Some things doctors do are useless. Some are even harmful.
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Where in the World Is Larry Page?
While Alphabet faces existential challenges, its co-founder is exercising his right to be forgotten.