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Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (October 1-7)

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Brazil's business community rallies around far-right authoritarian; Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh enters the Supreme Court; Amazon raises its minimum wage to $15 an hour;...
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Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (September 22–29)

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Facebook’s bad week included a new security breach, high-profile resignations and damaging exposés; tech giants are spending billions on physical infrastructure and lobbying for...
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Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (September 16–22)

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The White House is getting ready to go after tech platforms and the EU is going after Amazon, while Louisiana’s attorney general wants to break...
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Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (September 7–16)

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Is the government's response to the 2008 financial crisis responsible for the rise of populism in the US and Europe?; the real Google censorship...
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Journalism Over Algorithms: How One Company Is Attempting to Combat Fake News

Asher Schechter
NewsGuard is a new startup that relies on reporting instead of artificial intelligence to rate the trustworthiness of news sites: “It became obvious to us...
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Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (September 1–7)

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Google skips Congressional hearing, potentially making a “strategic mistake of virtually incalculable proportions”; Jon Kyl’s “ethical baggage”; new research finds telecom companies are slowing...
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Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (August 25–September 1)

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As Trump ramps up his attacks on Google, Sen. Orrin Hatch asks the FTC to revisit its investigation of the company; as Facebook finally...
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Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (August 18–25)

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America’s white-collar prosecution crisis; Elizabeth Warren has a new bill that aims to separate money from politics; Facebook struggles with the daunting task of...
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Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (August 11–18)

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Elizabeth Warren’s new bill seeks to radically alter US corporate governance; America’s top CEOs earned 312 times more than their average workers last year; regulators...
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Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (August 5–11)

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Monsanto loses landmark Roundup case; the Sinclair-Tribune merger blows up; Facebook wants your financial data; the historical legacy of the 2008 financial crisis; and...
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