The Mercenary Techie Who Troubleshoots for Drug Dealers and Jealous Lovers by Adrian Chen With Martin’s system, each crewmember gets a cell phone that operates using a prepaid SIM card; they also get a two-week plastic pill organizer filled with 14 SIM cards where the pills should be. Each SIM card, loaded with $50 worth [...]

Everything I need to know about startups, I learned from a crime boss by Donald DeSantis, Giant Thinkwell  Interesting things happen when we cut out the middleman. In addition to reducing cost, we often end up creating an internal byproduct that can be productized and sold to a completely new customer. (Amazon Web Services is [...]

The Mendacity of Dopes by Paul Kurgman If I believe that the doctrine of expansionary austerity is all wrong, or that the Ryan plan for Medicare would have disastrous effects, or whatever, then my duty, as I see it, is to make my case as best I honestly can — not put on a decorous [...]

U.S. debt was a better investment than gold this year by Suzy Khimm  As of yesterday, the yields on five-, seven- and 10-year bonds were all still negative, meaning that investors are paying the U.S. to hold onto their money. This builds the case for why the United States should actually be borrowing aggressively right now, as [...]