Steve FranksWhole Foods CEO slams socialism as 'trickle-up poverty': 'It doesn't work’verified_publisherFOX Business - Stephen SoraceWhole Foods CEO John Mackey slammed socialism as “the path to poverty” and defended capitalism as the “greatest thing humanity’s ever done” during a recent interview. Mackey, who is worth an estimated $75 million, made the remarks last week to the American Enterprise Institute while discussing the …
Steve FranksThe Little-Known Reason Pencils Are Yellowartsy.net - Gabrielle HickVisual Culture Jul 24, 2017 3:07PM Visitors to the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris entered the fairgrounds under the shadow of the newly-built …
Steve FranksMy Joke Cryptocurrency Hit $2 Billion and Something Is Very Wrongverified_publisherVICE - Jackson PalmerDogecoin's inventor looks to the past for insight into the future. Jackson Palmer is an Australian entrepreneur and technologist best known for creating the infamously successful “joke” cryptocurrency Dogecoin. Currently based out of San Francisco, Jackson works as a product manager but is still …
Steve FranksHarvard Study Shows Why Big Telecom Is Terrified of Community-Run Broadbandverified_publisherVICE - Karl BodeCommunity-owned internet service providers are cheaper and better. A new study out of Harvard once again makes it clear why incumbent ISPs like Comcast, Verizon and AT&T are so terrified by the idea of communities building their own broadband networks. According to the new study by the Berkman Klein …
Steve FranksThe U.S. Has Forgotten How to Do Infrastructureverified_publisherBloomberg Opinion - Noah SmithAs Vox’s Matthew Yglesias points out, the problem with high infrastructure costs is that they force us to debate the wrong things. If costs were reasonable, even skeptics would probably agree to fix roads and build better trains. But when the price of maintaining high-quality infrastructure is …
Steve FranksWhy I refuse to own a carverified_publisherBusiness Insider - Neil PatelThis is my friend, Mike. Mike owns a Lamborghini. This is me. I do not own this Ferrari. In fact, I don’t own a car at all. So, here's the connection: I used to fly in to the San Diego airport when I was returning from business trips; Mike would pick me up in his Lambo, turning heads. (Women would …
