Before You Use a Password Manager
I highly recommend using a password manager for all of their benefits, but you really should read Stuart Schechter’s detailed report on potential traps and trapdoors.
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A Trump silver lining?
CNN’s John Blake sees a silver lining in the dark cloud that is President Trump.
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The Titanium Apple Card
I like and have used a lot of Apple products, but this one deserves all the ridicule it gets. Have at it!
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News flash: Trickle-down economics is a lie!
David Lazarus of the L.A. Times reminds us that trickle-down economics is a lie. Turns out Thatcher and Reagan got it totally backwards. Countless others haven’t figured it out 40 years later. Noteworthy quote: “compensation for American chief executives increased by 940% from 1978 to 2018, while pay for the average worker rose by a
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The New Yorker profiles Stephanie Kelton and MMT
The New Yorker profiles Stephanie Kelton and MMT.
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The best way to rob a bank …
… is to own one. Some bankers want to roll back measures, taken after the Great Financial Crisis, intended to prevent future bank failures in case of a major economic downturn. Not that any of those bankers are concerned – they won’t feel any pain when things crash. They want to put things back the
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The end of neoliberalism? Doubtful.
Some top CEOs claim that there’s more to business than just enriching shareholders. While their words are just lovely, let’s see how soon they call for a cut in their own pay or start calling for higher taxes on the wealthy. Please don’t hold your breath.
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Neoliberalism: Political Success, Economic Failure
Robert Kuttner provides an excellent analysis of neoliberalism and the social destruction it has wrought over the last half century. I am distantly related to the Olin whose foundation is mentioned in the article, but I share few if any political and economic viewpoints with my cousin.
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How does Uber suck? Let me count the ways…
I’ve never used Uber (or Lyft), but I know many people do, both riders and drivers. Some people think Uber is great. For riders, it’s convenient for getting from point A to point B. For drivers, it’s an easy way to earn some extra money. With all due respect to those people who drive for
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Stiglitz: Trump’s mismanagement of the economy is monumental
Joe Stiglitz calls BS on Trump’s imagined economic genius.
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Making America Small Again
Dahlia Lithwick accurately sizes up Donald Trump.
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Becoming an autocracy
This is depressing. Jeffrey Sachs points out some bleak facts about the state of democracy in the U.S. and the U.K., among them: Trump received the support of just 27% of eligible voters. [He] controls a party that represents less than one-third of the electorate, and governs mostly by decree.
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The bond vigilantes are coming! (Or not.)
Barron’s published this article about the imminent Debtageddon. Here’s a message I sent to the author: Mr. Forsyth, I read your article “Trump’s Budget Deal Shows Deficits Don’t Matter Anymore”. Others more qualified than I might rebut this article to some extent or other, but from my amateur perspective, you clearly misstated or misunderstand some
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Media fails
The media dutifully reports Trump’s claims as if they actually mean something. Pathetic.
Your shiny new surveillance device
Your car is becoming a surveillance device.
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The U.S. government cannot run out of money
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin says the federal government is in danger of running out of money this fall. The U.S. government, being monetarily sovereign, can never run out of money. The only reason it might default is because it chooses to. It is not because it’s out of money.
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Democrats, grow some spine!
When it comes to deciding whether to impeach Trump, Elizabeth Drew nails it.
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Why you should always use multi-factor authentication
Here’s an article about a security vulnerability in Auth0, a technology used for user authentication. It might be too technical for some readers, but it underscores some important points about on-line security: Good security can be hard to do. Technology designers and implementers (coders) make mistakes. There is no silver bullet that guarantees security. The
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Beware of SIM-swap attacks
A SIM-swap attack involves an attacker tricking a mobile phone company into moving your mobile number to a device controlled by the attacker. Once that happens, the attacker can use your number to access some of your other accounts. Learn more.
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