Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
Law of the Jungle: The $19 Billion Legal Battle Over Oil in the Rain Forest and the Lawyer Who'd Stop at Nothing to Win
amazon.com
What is remarkable is not that the rate of tax charged should fall as a percentage of income in this particular case, but that it should ever have seemed “fair” that different persons should pay wildly different amounts for the services of government during the twentieth century. This is particularly odd in that those who use government services th
... See moreJames Dale Davidson, Lord William Rees-Mogg • The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age
On the opposite coast, the Native population of California sank
James W. Loewen • Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
A politician or public official could accept a legal fee or an insurance premium from Triborough with assurance that no reporter or reformer would ever be able to discover that he had done so.
Robert A. Caro • The Power Broker
One senior official at the Department of Commerce at the time was struck by how far this one company in the private sector had intruded into what was, in the end, a matter of public safety. “You’re essentially taking a public good that’s been paid for with taxpayer dollars and restricting it to the privileged few who want to make money off it,” he
... See moreMichael Lewis • The Fifth Risk
Lack of new construction and corporate landlords contributing to skyrocketing rent
youtube.comcaveat venditor: let the seller beware.
Gary Krist • The Mirage Factory
Apparently Perry recognized what many people in Los Angeles would learn in the years to come: the value of a man possessed.