Theo Baker’s debut book is a film-worthy investigation of Stanford’s culture of fraud. But his disdain for the tech bros keeps him from understanding them.
Elizabeth Holmes
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Fear and Loathing in Palo Alto
Theo Baker’s debut book is a film-worthy investigation of Stanford’s culture of fraud. But his disdain for the tech bros keeps him from understanding them.
Posted inBooks
The Courage and Compromises of George P. Shultz
When he died, at the age of 100, in 2021, George P. Shultz was widely hailed as a consummate pragmatist who represented a type of sober conservatism that has been almost entirely eradicated in the modern Republican Party. A charter member of the foreign policy establishment, he occupied four cabinet positions, including secretary of labor […]
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The ABCs of SBF
A guide to the crypto king’s indictment and why, if found guilty, his prison sentence would be shorter than you think.
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What Joe Biden Could Learn From Abraham Lincoln About White-Collar Crime
White-collar crime has real victims. Expanding a Civil War-era law aimed at profiteers would help citizens fight back.
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A Movie That Will Help You Understand the Meltdown of Theranos
In a dispatch that will live in the annals of estimation errors, Forbes has concluded that rather than being worth $4.5 billion, Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is worth nearly one dollar. If you round up. Be fair call it zero. With federal regulators circling and a likely raft of lawsuits to come from people harmed […]
