Cory DoctorowToday's threads (a thread)
Inside: Why the Fed wants to crush workers; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/19/creditors-vs-workers/
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Today (1/19) at 1530hPT, I'm joining my co-author Rebecca Giblin and our host, Brad Stone, for an @internetarchive/@[email protected] livecast about our book #ChokepointCapitalism:
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Why the Fed wants to crush workers: Fall of Rome speedrun.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/109716993795736549
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Cory Doctorow's linkblog (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image The US Federal Reserve has two imperatives: keeping #employment high and #inflation low. But when these come into conflict - when unemployment goes zero-ish - the Fed forgets about #FullEmployment and cranks up #InterestRates to "cool the economy" (that is, "to destroy #jobs and increase #unemployment"). If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog: https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/19/creditors-vs-workers/#finance-colored-glasses 1/
Hey look at this
* #French #union threatens to cut electricity to MPs, billionaires amid nationwide strike https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/french-union-threatens-cut-electricity-mps-billionaires-amid-nationwide-strike-2023-01-18/ (h/t /r/LateStageCapitalism)
* #ChurchOfEngland, founded specifically to undo sanctity of marriage, will not recognize #SameSexMarriages https://boingboing.net/2023/01/19/church-of-england-founded-specifically-to-undo-sanctity-of-marriage-will-not-recognize-same-sex-marriages.html
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French union threatens to cut electricity to MPs, billionaires amid nationwide strike
France's hardline CGT union has threatened to cut off electricity supplies to lawmakers and billionaires before a nationwide strike on Thursday, in an increasingly acrimonious showdown over the government's plan to raise the retirement age.
#20yrsago Robbie Williams: “‘Piracy’ is great” http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2673983.stm
#15yrsago Florida school board approves McDonald’s report-cards and school-bus audio ads https://web.archive.org/web/20080121065543/https://consumerist.com/346745/bus-radio-advertises-to-school+bound-kids
#15yrsago #WorldOfWarcraft limits your wealth to 2^31 copper https://web.archive.org/web/20080117214357/http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/01/16/apparently-you-can-have-too-much-gold/
#10yrsago How the vile #DailyMail handles #CreativeCommons licenses https://memex.craphound.com/2013/01/19/how-the-vile-daily-mail-handles-creative-commons-licenses/
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#5yrsago Trump’s “consumer protection bureau” will let the $50B #PaydayLending industry gouge the poorest Americans with triple-digit interest rates https://www.latimes.com/business/lazarus/la-fi-lazarus-cfpb-payday-lenders-20180119-story.html
#5yrsago The Republican candidate for Pennsylvania’s 18th District is a #torture advocate who worked at #AbuGhraib https://theintercept.com/2018/01/19/gop-candidate-for-pennsylvania-special-election-is-a-former-abu-ghraib-interrogation-consultant/
#5yrsago It’s #Poe’s birthday, so here’s #NeilGaiman reading The Raven https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jSHKPp-66w
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#5yrsago America’s large hospital chains will start manufacturing #GenericDrugs in order to beat shkrelic price-gouging https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/01/peeved-by-price-gouging-and-shortages-hospitals-will-now-make-their-own-drugs/
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Cory Doctorow's linkblog (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Care Inflation; and more! Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/18/wages-for-housework/ #Pluralistic 1/
My latest book is Chokepoint Capitalism (with Rebecca Giblin), nonfiction about monopoly and fairness in creative labor markets.
https://chokepointcapitalism.com
Signed copies available from Book Soup:
https://www.booksoup.com/book/9780807007068
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My latest novel is Attack Surface, a sequel to my bestselling Little Brother books, now in paperback, wherever books are sold.
Signed copies at Dark Delicacies:
https://www.darkdel.com/store/p1840/Cory_Doctorow_-__Attack_Surface_HB_%26_TPB.html#/
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a book about why creative labor markets are rigged - and how to unrig them Competition is supposed to be fundamental to capitalism. Over the last four decades though, greedy robber barons have worked out how to lock in customers and suppliers, eliminate competitors, and shake down everyone for more than their fair share. This…
My ebooks and audiobooks (from Tor Books, Head of Zeus, McSweeneys, Beacon and others) are for sale all over the net, but I sell 'em too, and when you buy 'em from me, I earn twice as much and you get books with no DRM and no license "agreements."
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Upcoming appearances:
* @internetarchive livecast on Chokepoint Capitalism with Rebecca Giblin and Brad Stone, Jan 19, 1530hPT
https://youtube.com/coilhq
* Library Learning Experience/American Library Association (#NewOrleans), Jan 27-30
https://www.2023.alaliblearnx.org/cory-doctorow
* Chokepoint Capitalism: Can It Be Defeated? (UCL Faculty of Laws), Feb 1
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/2023/feb/online-chokepoint-capitalism-can-it-be-defeated
* Avid Reader (#Brisbane), Feb 8
https://avidreader.com.au/pages/6834-ChokepointCapitalism-RebeccaGiblinandCoryDoctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* Future of Arts, Culture & Technology, ACMI, (#Melbourne), Feb 14
https://www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/in-conversation-cory-doctorow-rebecca-giblin-esther-anatolitis/
* State Library of NSW (#Sydney), Feb 15
https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/events/chokepoint-capitalism-rebecca-giblin-and-cory-doctorow
* ANU/Canberra Times Meet The Author (#Canberra), Feb 16
https://www.anu.edu.au/events/in-conversation-with-rebecca-giblin-and-cory-doctorow
* Australian Digital Alliance Copyright Forum (#Canberra), Feb 17:
https://digital.org.au/2022/11/08/doctorow-giblin-first-speaker-announcement-ada-forum-2023/
* #Antitrust, Regulation and the Political Economy (#Brussels), Mar 2:
https://www.brusselsconference.com/registration
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Recent appearances:
* The Way the Music Died (Canadaland Commons):
https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/monopoly-10-the-way-the-music-died/
* The Majority Report with Sam Seder
https://majorityreportradio.com/2023/01/09/1-9-chokepoint-capitalism-the-new-content-currency-w-cory-doctorow
* Decoder:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6pVSj7gNlizw2cPFoKBWlZ
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