- Germany bans Tesla from claiming its Autopilot software is potentially autonomous (The Register) The Germans aren’t cutting the delusional billionaire any slack.
- Ending Corporate Tax Avoidance and Tax Competition: A Plan to Collect the Tax Deficit of Multinationals (SSRN) An interesting proposal, and it has tactics for tax shelter nations.
- UK’s proposed Espionage Act will treat journalists like spies (Committee to Protect Journalists) Not a surprise. The UK regulatory regime on secrets and the press with things like the Official Secrets Act for some time.
- Tearing Down Black America (Boston Review) The conscious policy of destruction of Black wealth through urban renewal and highway programs.
- Erfurt latrine disaster (Wikipedia) Excuse me, Waiter? There is an Aristocrat in my poop!
Yes, the Erfurt latrine disaster actually happened:
The tax rate article is quite good.