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Tag: the ravages of capitalism

Kindly old man retailer patiently explains the scam that is Black Friday

https://youtu.be/KPgmgQxmUfU Ah Black Friday, the one day per year (other than if your favorite sports team wins a championship) that…

Your 2015 forecast: Don’t you know the rent is going up, up, up, up, up

Sick of all the good news in your life? Well great, you've found the right story to bring you down.…

We are all these rats fighting in Chinatown subway tracks

http://youtu.be/Oisseb-as_U You might first look at this video of rats fighting in the subway tracks in Chinatown and think "Ew,…

The City Council wants to cap Uber’s surge pricing

Uber, the cab company that wants you to think it's a lifestyle, an app, a brandstyle, a lifebrand, Christ anything…

Out-of-town investors buy rent-stabilized PLG building, betting on ‘influx of white-collar tenants’

Real estate speculation! Sometimes it takes the form of horrible arson. Oftentimes, it takes much more banal, but somehow more…