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Business Food

This Is the Beginning of the End of the Beef Industry

On the rise of alt meat and the decline of cattle.

Rowan Jacobsen Outside Jul 2019 Permalink

Best Article Arts Business

Condos of the Living Dead

A mid-boom critique of New York City’s high-priced, mostly glass condo buildings.

A. A. Gill Vanity Fair Oct 2006 10min Permalink

Business Movies & TV

The Absurdities of 'Franchise Fatigue' & 'Sequelitis'

What’s actually happening at the box office.

Matthew Ball REDEF Aug 2019 Permalink

Business Movies & TV

The Great Race to Rule Streaming TV

“Three giant telecoms are gonna make and own all the content, and they’re not gonna want anyone else to make it.”

Jonah Weiner New York Times Magazine Jul 2019 30min Permalink

Business History

Something Borrowed, Something Blue

Madewell’s authenticity problem, written by the great-grandson of the company’s founder.

Dan Nosowitz Buzzfeed Sep 2014 20min Permalink

Business

There's No Such Thing as a Free Watch

On July 2017, a visitor to the Museum of Capitalism contributed a watch (from here on referred to as 'our watch') to the museum’s artifact drive. In his form, he noted that Folsom & Co., a supposedly San Francisco-based company, used Instagram to offer the watch 'free,' but with $7 shipping.

Jenny Odell The Museum of Capitalism Aug 2017 10min Permalink

Business Sports

Inside the Short, Unhappy Life of the Alliance of American Football

An upstart football league goes horribly awry during its first season,.

Seth Wickersham, Michael Rothstein ESPN Jun 2019 35min Permalink

Business Tech

The I in We

How Adam Neumann turned WeWork into a $47 billion business.

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Reeves Wiedeman New York Jun 2019 45min Permalink

Business Crime

The Grindr Grifter

Daniel Spence used dating apps to scam his way across the U.S. Could he be caught before taking over one of Brooklyn’s hottest media companies?

John H. Tucker Observer Jun 2019 25min Permalink

Business Science

Born to Be Eaten

What’s at stake in the fight over development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge? A caribou herd, and a culture that relies on it.

Eva Holland Longreads May 2019 30min Permalink

Business

The Price of Oil

The Permian Basin is booming with oil. But at what cost to West Texans? Though some will reap serious profits, the region’s dealing with skyrocketing rents, overcrowded schools, and potholes as big as VW Beetles.

Christian Wallace Texas Monthly Jun 2019 25min Permalink

Business Politics

The Wealth Detective Who Finds the Hidden Money of the Super Rich

Gabriel Zucman is an economist who specializes in documenting and estimating the wealth stashed in offshore accounts. His work has influenced the tax plans of more than one presidential campaign.

Ben Steverman Bloomberg Businessweek May 2019 15min Permalink

Business Tech

Inside Google's Civil War

On labor organizing at a Silicon Valley giant and what happens when a company loses touch with its motto of “don’t be evil.”

Beth Kowitt Fortune May 2019 20min Permalink

Business Sports

League on Fire

The curious rise and spectacular crash of the Alliance of American Football, a new league that went under in just eight weeks.

Conor Orr Sports Illustrated May 2019 15min Permalink

Business

The Complicated Business of Selling the NYPD Logo

The city of New York is suing a Long Island woman for making NYPD T-shirts. But is it really about money or controlling the brand?

Kaitlyn Tiffany The Goods May 2019 10min Permalink

Business

The Mystery of the Millionaire Hermit

He spent years scrimping and saving. But without a will, where’s his money going?

Claire Martin Bloomberg Businessweek May 2019 20min Permalink

Business Crime

How Private Equity Is Turning Public Prisons Into Big Profits

Food. Phone calls. Medical care. Transport. Even in public prisons, “piecemeal privatization” is transforming incarceration in America.

Tim Requarth The Nation Apr 2019 30min Permalink

Business

Hand Dryers v. Paper Towels: The Surprisingly Dirty Fight for the Right to Dry Your Hands

For a century, the humble paper towel has dominated public toilets. But a new generation of hand dryers has sparked a war for loo supremacy.

Samanth Subramanian Guardian Apr 2019 30min Permalink

Best Article Business

Beware of Greeks Bearing Bonds

Riots in Athens, the shadowy Vatopaidi monastery, and a quarter million dollars in debt for every citizen. Welcome to Greece.

Michael Lewis Vanity Fair Oct 2010 45min Permalink

Business

The Company That Sells Love to America Had a Dark Secret

The world’s largest jewelry retailer was a cesspool of harassment and unfair treatment of women who worked there.

Taffy Brodesser-Akner New York Times Magazine Apr 2019 30min Permalink

Arts Business

The Invention of the ‘Salvator Mundi’

In 2005, the painting sold at auction for $1,000. Its most recent price? $450 million.

Matthew Shaer New York Apr 2019 35min Permalink

Business Crime

Secrets of the Tax-Prep Business

How pop-up tax preparers make billions off the poor.

Gary Rivlin Mother Jones Mar 2011 15min Permalink

Business

The Legend of Jacinto’s Gold

Two Dominican families, their lawyer, and a quest for ancestral riches that may not exist.

Joe Nocera Bloomberg Businessweek Apr 2019 30min Permalink

Business Science

Climate Change Could Destroy His Home in Peru. So He Sued an Energy Company in Germany.

Local communities are taking the world’s largest polluters to court. And they’re using the legal strategy that got tobacco companies to pay up.

Brooke Jarvis The New York Times Magazine Apr 2019 20min Permalink

Business

How America's College-Closure Crisis Leaves Families Devastated

When colleges shut down, people get hurt.

Michael Vasquez, Dan Bauman The Chronicle of Higher Education Apr 2019 25min Permalink

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