Links

David Cay Johnston – 21 Questions For Donald Trump

Link to an article by David Cay Johnston:

“21 Questions For Donald Trump”

Johnston is an annoying “grandstander” but no doubt Trump had some shady business dealings.

Bonus links: “Why Donald Trump Is so Scary,” “Republican Machismo vs Hillary Clinton” and “The Spectacle of American Violence and the Cure for Donald Trump” and “The Rich Boy: the Art of Trump L’Oeil Politics” and “Why Donald Trump is (Mostly) Right About the Middle East”

Jonah Birch – The Many Lives of François Mitterrand

Link to an article by Jonah Birch:

“The Many Lives of François Mitterrand”

Quote:

“the political power of the capitalist class flows not just from what capital can do, but from what it can choose not to do — invest. It is its control over the investment function, not its collective organizations, that is the key source of capitalists’ power in the political sphere: since, in a capitalist economy, investment is the prerequisite for growth, employment, and tax revenue, policymakers will always have an incentive to prioritize the demands of business confidence over all other considerations.”

Jodi Kantor and David Streitfeld – Inside Amazon

Link to an article by Jodi Kantor and David Streitfeld:

“Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace”

Bonus link: “Amazon’s Brutal Workplace Is an Indicator of an Inhumane Economy” and “Undercover at Amazon: Exhausted Humans Are Inefficient So Robots Are Taking Over” and “Amazon Must Be Stopped” (this stops well short of suggesting [inter-]nationalization, which seems quite appropriate) and “Giving Amazon’s Side of the Story”