Seven Books About What Corruption Actually Looks Like
Dishonest governance is rarely a single act or brazen deal; more often, it appears as a set of habits that spread through a society.
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Illustration by Carl Godfrey Sometimes You Just Have to Ignore the Economists
Kamala Harris’s proposed price-gouging ban might irritate academics, but it makes sense to everyone else.
Illustration by Ben Hickey Critics of the TikTok Bill Are Missing the Point
America has a long history of shielding infrastructure and communication platforms from foreign control.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. Texas’s Social-Media Law Is Dangerous. Striking It Down Could Be Worse.
Beware giving Big Tech a constitutional right to avoid regulation.
Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani. Source: Getty. Why Judges Let Monopolists Off the Hook
When violations of the law are hard to punish, authorities will usually give them a pass.
Getty; The Atlantic The Government Needs to Find Big Tech a New Business Model
Facebook and Google want to keep playing three roles: essential infrastructure, publisher, and targeted-ad mogul. That’s impossible.
Adam Maida / The Atlantic Boycotts Can’t Be a Test of Moral Purity
This tactic does little to challenge monopoly power.
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