William S Sefton

The Rust Belt isn’t the only region left behind by the economic recovery. The suburbs of the American west are struggling, too. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/12/suburban-poverty-and-recession/549350/?utm_source=feed

Despite the #MeToo movement, poor women often find that speaking out against abuse at work is too costly. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/12/low-wage-workers-sexual-harassment/549158/?utm_source=feed

Joseph Borg, a securities regulator, worries that the newfangled investment phenomenon is inspiring old-fashioned irrational exuberance. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/12/bitcoin-dotcom-bubble/549155/?utm_source=feed

Several companies gave out raises after tax cuts passed Congress. But that was probably already going to happen anyway. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/12/trump-tax-cuts-companies-raises-bonuses/549116/?utm_source=feed

It's a move that distracts from the real beneficiaries of the new law: shareholders. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/12/trump-tax-cuts-companies-raises-bonuses/549116/?utm_source=feed

The number of Americans dying at work due to overdoses is increasing at a rapid clip. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/12/workers-dying-overdoses/549008/?utm_source=feed

The EU's highest court ruled that Uber isn’t just an app—it's a transportation company. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/12/uber-europe-ruling/548978/?utm_source=feed

Economists are tallying the damage from the fires and the hurricanes, and finding their true costs immeasurable. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/12/expensive-weather-storms/548579/?utm_source=feed

The economy is doing great and the president wants credit. He hasn’t earned it. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/12/trump-miracle-economy-credit/548882/?utm_source=feed

Big tech firms have gone from pushing for open-internet protections to being powerful enough not to need them. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/12/netflix-google-net-neutrality/548768/?utm_source=feed

On a 227-203 party-line vote, the House on Tuesday passed a far-reaching, $1.5 trillion revision of the tax code, cutting rates for corporations, small businesses, and individuals. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/12/house-passes-sweeping-republican-tax-cut/548804/?utm_source=feed

The richest 1 percent now own 40 percent of the country's wealth. With the GOP tax plan, they’ll own more. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/12/gop-tax-bill-inequalilty/548726/?utm_source=feed

“I don't know that many people ever believed that someone other than a white male should be a Fed chair.” https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/12/yellen-fed/548666/?utm_source=feed

The GOP succeeded in delivering on many of its promises. But the new code, which Congress will vote on this week, will not be as lasting, or as simplified, as they’d hoped. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/12/final-trump-republican-tax-bill-promises-details/548603/?utm_source=feed

They could certainly afford to donate bigger sums, but something seems to be holding them back. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/12/why-dont-rich-give-more-charity/548537/?utm_source=feed

The first episode of the Streaming Wars is over. The rebels won. Now the empire strikes back. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/12/disney-21st-century-fox/548492/?utm_source=feed

The first episode of the Streaming Wars is over. The rebels won. Now the empire strikes back. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/12/disney-21st-century-fox/548492/?utm_source=feed

Donor-advised funds are gaining popularity, but charities may be losing out. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/12/donor-advised-funds-deduction-charity/548324/?utm_source=feed

Brushing aside attacks from Democrats, GOP negotiators agree on a late change in the tax bill that would reduce the top individual income rate even more than originally planned. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/12/republican-tax-bill-house-senate-wealthy/548342/?utm_source=feed

It’s a Christmas tale for our time: Cyber nerds using high-tech software to buy a slew of baby-monkey robots and holding them ransom for thousands of dollars. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/12/grinch-bots-christmas-toys/548354/?utm_source=feed

The most common forms of discrimination that women face are getting paid too little and constantly having their competence doubted. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/12/women-work-discrimination/548432/?utm_source=feed