capitalism
Hamilton Nolan · 12/12/14 10:25AM
Mexican Farmworkers Treated Worse Than Sharecroppers
Hamilton Nolan · 12/10/14 12:10PMCapitalism Has an Asshole Problem
Max Read · 11/18/14 12:05PMSuperficially Attractive Celebrity Hammers Home Shallowness of Populace
Hamilton Nolan · 09/05/14 08:51AMThis Is What Boyz II Men Has Been Reduced To
Hamilton Nolan · 06/30/14 08:30AMMedia Shocked to Learn "Christian" Metalcore Band Frontman Is Atheist
Adam Weinstein · 06/19/14 01:58PMAs I Lay Dying is super hardcore Christian. Sure, they never came out and said "Jesus" or "God" in their songs, but they talked a lot about being Christian rockers and got themselves a following. Who knew that it was all a ploy by godless capitalist screamo dudes just to sell records?
Do PR People Deserve Our Sympathy?
Hamilton Nolan · 06/12/14 10:05AMBeretta Sponsors a Nutty Post on Hiding Your Gun From "Jackboots"
Adam Weinstein · 05/30/14 04:13PMWhen you're one of the world's oldest firearms makers, you can't rest on your centuries-old reputation. You need to stay relevant to today's gun owner. Which is why Beretta—for a minute, at least—sponsored a popular gun site's now-missing post on "Down and dirty solutions to hiding your handgun" at home.
Let's Boycott Amazon! Now Where Do We Buy Stuff?
Tom Scocca · 05/28/14 03:55PMThe Heritage Foundation Admits It's Afraid of Capitalism
Tom Scocca · 05/08/14 02:51PMConspicuous Consumption Grows Along With Capitalism's Contradictions
Hamilton Nolan · 05/01/14 11:21AMAs the twin phenomena of regulatory capture and decrepit political structures controlled by a small plutocracy enable a small class of rentiers to accumulate an ever larger share of the world's wealth, our patriarchal society spawns status-obsessed males seeking glory through gaudy displays of finery.
Hamilton Nolan · 04/14/14 08:21AM
Gawker Gift Guide: Jalopnik Edition
J.K. Trotter · 12/11/13 04:46PMWhat Should Be Done About Detroit? A Gawker Internal Debate
Hamilton Nolan · 12/10/13 12:40PMBank Tellers Ask Banks: Please Don't Replace Us With Video Screens
Max Rivlin-Nadler · 11/03/13 05:00PMOutsourcing is a time-honored American tradition. First, you had a job. Then your job was given to someone, somewhere else, who could do it cheaper. But what if instead of a low-wage worker in China, you were replaced by a low-wage worker in Florida, who was sitting at a desk, staring into a camera and doing your old job by video? Then you'd be a bank teller.
McDonald's Joins the Socialist Revolution
Tom Scocca · 10/24/13 01:05PMLabor advocates are promoting a shocking (edited) recording of a phone call between a longtime McDonald's worker and the company's 1-866 McResource Line, in which an operator advises the worker to bolster her $8.25-an-hour wages by signing up for food stamps and Medicaid. Good for McDonald's! Why should they keep pretending that our economy isn't completely ruined?
Rich People Want Customer Service on Defective Congress They Bought
Tom Scocca · 10/10/13 04:00PMRemember how Congressional Republicans went to the shut-down World War II Memorial to protest the fact that the Republican majority in the House of Representatives had just shut down the government? In a spectacular meta-expansion of that story line, today's New York Times checks in with the right-wing organizations that spent millions on millions of dollars to elect and entrench a Republican majority in the House. They're upset.
Hamilton Nolan · 09/20/13 04:10PM
JPMorgan Hit With Puny $920M Fine Over ‘London Whale’ Debacle
J.K. Trotter · 09/19/13 09:53AMTitanic financial firm JPMorgan Chase posted $6.5 billion in profits during its last quarter—a company record. For lying to multiple governments and its own investors about losses of $6 billion, however, the bank will have to pay just $920 million, or 0.03 percent of its current holdings. With total assets of $2.35 trillion, JPMorgan could pay the same fine every hour for three months, or every day for seven years, before their coffers would run dry.