Longread #453 -- Doctor's Orders -- 2/14/14

It's Valentine's Day, so, uh, here's a longread about sex toys.

"Doctor's Orders" by Dave Gardetta
Published in LA Magazine, July 1, 2012

Eric

Longread #452 -- RINs and Renewable Energy Markets -- 2/13/14

"Wall St. Exploits Ethanol Credits, and Prices Spike" by Gretchen Morgenson and Robert Gebeloff
Published in the New York Times, September 14, 2013

Eric

Longread #449 -- Has Patent, Will Sue -- 2/6/14

"Has Patent, Will Sue: An Alert to Corporate America" by David Segal
Published in the New York Times, July 13, 2013

Eric

Longread #445 -- In the Name of Love -- 1/31/14

"In the Name of Love" by Miya Tokumitsu
Published in Jacobin Magazine, January 2014

Eric

Longread #444 --- The Techtopus -- 1/30/14

"The Techtopus: How Silicon Valley’s most celebrated CEOs conspired to drive down 100,000 tech engineers’ wages" by Mark Ames
Published in PandoDaily, January 23, 2014

Eric

Longread #443 -- Jesse Willms, the Dark Lord of the Internet -- 1/29/14

After reading the first paragraph, I thought I was going to hate this article and almost stopped reading it. Instead, I was blown away by the extent of the shady business practices that just one person has turned into a boom-and-bust cycle of internet empires. It's scary to think that he's only the tip of the iceberg.

"Jesse Willms, the Dark Lord of the Internet" by Taylor Clark
Published in the Atlantic, December 22, 2013

Eric

Longread #436 -- The Cost of Living -- 1/10/14

"The Cost of Living" by Stephen S. Hall
Published in New York Magazine, October 20, 2013

Eric

Longread #435 -- If This Was a Pill, You'd Do Anything to Get It -- 1/9/14

Long-time reader MHE81 challenged me to post a positive article about health care in America. Surprisingly, I'd had this one queued up for today or tomorrow anyway, but given the challenge, we'll go with it today.

"If this was a pill, you’d do anything to get it" by Ezra Klein
Published in the Washington Post Wonkblog, April 28, 2013

Eric

Longread #434 -- Doctors' Lucrative Industry Ties -- 1/8/14

"Doctors’ Lucrative Industry Ties" by Roni Caryn Rabin
Published in the New York Times Well Blog, May 13, 2013

Eric

Longread #433 -- The Mining of Rare Diseases -- 1/6/14

This is part 1 of the series, but the whole thing is worth reading. I'll be posting a few other articles about patents and drug development this week as well.

"The Mining of Rare Diseases" by Michael J. Berens and Ken Armstrong
Published in the Seattle Times, November 2013

Eric

Longread #430 -- The Selling of ADD -- 12/30/13

"The Selling of Attention Deficit Disorder" by Alan Schwarz
Published in the New York Times, December 14, 2013

Eric

Longread #424 -- Tax Reform -- 12/19/13

A good introduction to some important tax issues, possible solutions, and a key person driving discussion on these topics.

"Marty Sullivan figured out how the world’s biggest companies avoided billions in taxes. Here’s how he wants to stop them" by Steven Pearlstein
Published in the Washington Post WonkBlog, October 26, 2013

Eric

Longread #423 -- Tiny Titans Battle for the Bakery Aisle -- 12/18/13

"Twist-Ties vs. Plastic Clips: Tiny Titans Battle for the Bakery Aisle" by Paul Lukas
Published in BusinessWeek, March 13, 2013

Eric

Longread #419 -- Good to the Last Drop -- 12/11/13

"Good to the Last Drop" by Jen. A. Miller
Published in the Magazine on Medium, December 5, 2013

Eric

Longread #418 -- The Exploited Laborers of the Liberal Media -- 12/10/13

"The Exploited Laborers of the Liberal Media" by Charles Davis
Published in VICE, December 2, 2013

Eric

Longread #413 -- Buzzkill -- 11/25/13

"Buzzkill" by Patrick Radden Keefe
Published in the New Yorker, November 18, 2013

Eric

Longread #407 -- Breathless and Burdened, Part 3 -- 11/14/13

"As experts recognize new form of black lung, coal industry follows familiar pattern of denial" by Chris Hamby
Published by the Center for Public Integrity, November 1, 2013

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Longread #406 -- Breathless and Burdened, Part 2 -- 11/13/13

"Johns Hopkins medical unit rarely finds black lung, helping coal industry defeat miners' claims" by Chris Hamby
Published by the Center for Public Integrity, October 30, 2013

Eric

Longread #405 -- Breathless and Burdened, Part 1 -- 11/12/13

This is the first of a devastating three-part series about the exploitation of miners by coal mining companies, lawyers, and high-powered experts who all profited while sick miners wasted away with black lung. It's a remarkable reminder that even when a program exists -- such as the federal black lung compensation program -- that it can be manipulated by more powerful and resourceful interests to circumvent the program's true goals.

"Coal industry's go-to law firm withheld evidence of black lung, at expense of sick miners" by Chris Hamby
Published by the Center for Public Integrity, October 29, 2013

Eric

Longread #400 -- E-Cigarettes -- 11/1/13

"The E-Cigarette Industry, Waiting to Exhale" by Matt Richtel
Published in the New York Times, October 26, 2013

Eric