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2 years 11 months ago
Five Years Ago This week in 2018, the FCC was backing off its plans to weaken the definition of broadband, but still couldn’t admit that limited competition is a problem, and was apparently hoping that some phony dedication to rural broadband would distract people from how it just killed net neutrality. The State of Montana […]
Leigh Beadon

France’s retirement system is unfair. So is everyone else’s.

2 years 11 months ago
The Wall Street Journal has a rather remarkable story this weekend about CGT, the French union that represents workers in the power industry. Apparently they've taken to cutting off electricity to specific individuals as a protest against proposals to pare back the French pension system. The most curious thing about this is that everyone seems ...continue reading "France’s retirement system is unfair. So is everyone else’s."
Kevin Drum