Will Humans Go the Way of Horses?

The ancient Greek adage that "whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad" - The world is facing lots of mad rides over the next few years ...

In defense of pragmatic madness and pessimism. As a corrective to the deluded optimism of the happiness industry, worrying is more essential than ever... Misadjusted Disorders

• Steff Yotka
• The average Australian now spends 17.9 hours a week using the internet—13.4 hours of which is leisure usage (that is, not while at work or school).  While online, we can do all the things we used to do offline: watch TV or videos, hear radio or music, read newspapers or magazine content—and talk to friends. Mad Max or Tomorrowland? State of the Nation spotlights the changing Australian media landscape

Derek Thompson on a world without work

In the future, it’s not unreasonable to expect people to vote for policies that will help them avoid the economic fate of the horse. For example, legislatures might pass restrictions on certain types of job-destroying technologies. Although there appear to be few such explicit limits to date, already there are nascent efforts to draft legislation related to autonomous cars and other technologies with relatively direct implications for labor.

Will Humans Go the Way of Horses?

Pepper sold out 

City of Clanton ends contract with firm allegedly running ‘debtor’s prison’ AL.com

New Rules Allow Early Adopters to Become Early Investors Tech Crunch 

FBI says in secret that secret spy Cessnas aren’t secret Register

Jeffrey Sterling Took on the CIA — And Lost Everything Intercept

TaxGrrrl, Crowdfunding As An Investment Tool: Is Trouble Brewing? If the proceeds are a “gift,” they are non-taxable, but it’s not clear that they qualify.

The Most Powerful Person at the Federal Reserve You’ve Never Heard OfBloomberg. Fromm a DC insider: “Alvarez at the fed under fire.”

Report - Causes and Consequences of Income Inequality: A Global Perspective

Rachel Rubenstein, Reflections on the General State of Tax-related Identity Theft (Procedurally Taxing). “From 2004 to 2013, the NTA identified tax-related identity theft as one of the “‘Most Serious Problems” faced by taxpayers in nearly every annual report submitted to Congress here.”

David Brunori, The Revolt of the Corporations (Tax Analysts Blog). “The message is clear: Businesses have options and will move to sunnier tax climates.”

Howard Gleckman, The House GOP’s Internal Battle Over Online Sales Taxes (TaxVox)

Tony Nitti, Donald Trump Announces Bid For Presidency: What Is His Tax Plan? And who cares?