Uber’s Goal Is Not to Operate Alongside Public Transit but to Replace It
And that’s exactly what the company is doing in Egypt...
Paris MarxAuthor of 20 Articles
Amazon’s Second Headquarters May Create Jobs. But It Will Also Drive Inequality and Housing Crises.
Major cities the world over are in a tough position. A trend of increased income inequality has created bifurcated cities characterized by intractable housing crises and gentrification....
The iPhone X Proves How Tim Cook’s Apple Is Embracing the Rich
Ten percent of Americans earn half of all income—and Apple wants to appeal to them...
Love Your iPhone? Don’t Thank Apple. Thank the US Government.
Without public research funding, there’d be no iPhone — which makes Apple’s relentless tax dodging even more whack....
Attention, Bay Area Liberals: Stop Ignoring How Exploitative the Gig Economy Is
Is it easier to ignore exploitation because we’re saving money on taxis and delivery services?...
Apple’s $1B Manufacturing Fund Isn’t about Job Creation. It’s All for a Tax Deal.
Tim Cook’s announcement in May that Apple has created a $1 billion fund to support advanced manufacturing in the United States has been framed as an initiative to support domestic-job creation in new industries, yet it’s hard to see how that money will actually create many jobs....
Uber’s Days Are Numbered — With or Without Travis Kalanick
The company’s bro-culture is losing them customers. But there are more fundamental flaws in its business model...
Why Amazon Books Is a Terrible Bookstore
A few months ago, I noticed quite a number of people on my Twitter feed posting about Amazon Books — the new physical bookstores the company is trialling in a few major US cities — because a new one had opened in Manhattan....
Jobs Are Being Automated. The Solution? Give Everyone Free Money.
The idea of a “basic income” is not as far out as it seems....
Silicon Valley’s Outsourcing Addiction
Tech companies use H-1B visas to exploit immigrant labor, but proposed changes could make it fairer for everyone...
For All of Elon Musk’s Brilliance, He Can’t Grasp This Fundamental Concept
Elon Musk has been lauded as one of the most visionary minds in Silicon Valley. He champions electric cars, renewable energy and the colonization of Mars (don’t get me started on that), and has been positioned as the modern Steve Jobs....
Why Silicon Valley Should Get behind Universal Health Care
Universal health care isn’t just good for poor people — it’s good for rich people too....