The Fall of Travis Kalanick Was a Lot Weirder and Darker Than You Thought - January 22, 2018 Issue

January 22, 2018 Issue

The Fall of Travis Kalanick Was a Lot Weirder and Darker Than You Thought

The Fall of Travis Kalanick Was a Lot Weirder and Darker Than You Thought

By Eric Newcomer and Brad Stone

Remarks

Remarks

The Case Against College

By Peter Coy

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Italian Politicians Need to Get Real

By The Editors

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Business

Business

The Unlikely Technology Helping Autonomous Cars See

By Jack Kaskey

The Unlikely Technology Helping Autonomous Cars See

L’Oréal Is Growing Chinese Skin to Test Products

By Bloomberg News

L'Oreal Artificial Skin

Technology

Technology

Chinese Workers Abandon Silicon Valley for Riches Back Home

By Bloomberg News

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Deliveroo Takes a Kitchen-Sink Approach to Food Apps

By Adam Satariano

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Finance

Finance

Beware the $500 Billion Bond Exodus

By Liz Capo McCormick and Molly Smith

Views Of US Currency As Stocks Fall Most This Year

What Could Kill the Bitcoin Boom

By Matthew Leising and Rob Urban

What Could Kill the Bitcoin Boom

GE Breakup Would Be True Radical Reset

By Brooke Sutherland

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Economics

Economics

Capitalism Is Cozying Up to Britain’s Most Powerful Socialists

By Thomas Penny, David Hellier and Svenja O'Donnell

McDonnell and Corbyn.

Israel Turns the Screw on Tycoons

By David Wainer and Yaacov Benmeleh

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Xi Jinping’s Debt Clampdown Has Left a Trail of Dead Projects

By Bloomberg News

Yellow River Avenue

Politics

Politics

Kentucky’s Medicaid Work Requirement Is an About-Face

By John Tozzi and Zachary Tracer

Kentucky’s Medicaid Work Requirement Is an About-Face

China Uses Facial Recognition to Fence In Villagers in Far West

By Bloomberg News

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The Supreme Court Is Finally Tackling Gerrymandering

By Peter Coy and Greg Stohr

(From left) Republican state Senators Dan Soucek and Brent Jackson review historical maps during the Senate Redistricting Committee for the 2016 Extra Session at the North Carolina General Assembly on Feb. 16, 2016. Federal judges ruled on Jan. 9, 2018, that North Carolina’s congressional district map drawn by legislative Republicans is illegally gerrymandered because of excessive partisanship that gave the GOP a rock-solid advantage for most seats and must be redone.

Forget Consumer Welfare. This Antitrust Movement Targets Power Instead

By David McLaughlin

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Focus/Davos

Focus/Davos

Here’s What Could Make the Next Global Recession Even Worse

By Peter Coy

Here’s What Could Make the Next Global Recession Even Worse

Trump Is Helping To Make Elites Great Again

By Leonid Bershidsky

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Features

Features

The Fall of Travis Kalanick Was a Lot Weirder and Darker Than You Thought

By Eric Newcomer and Brad Stone

The Fall of Travis Kalanick Was a Lot Weirder and Darker Than You Thought

Intel Has a Big Problem. It Needs to Act Like It

By Max Chafkin and Ian King

Intel Has a Big Problem. It Needs to Act Like It

This Guy Made a Fortune Off Mexican Drug Ballads. Now He’s Selling Love Songs

By David Peisner

This Guy Made a Fortune Off Mexican Drug Ballads. Now He’s Selling Love Songs

Pursuits

Pursuits

This $14,000 Driving Course Will Give You a Taste of the Track

By Hannah Elliott

The author in a Ferrari 488.

Top Chefs Are Purposely Burning Your Food

By Kate Krader

A gradation of grano arso.

A Guide to Real Estate in the Priciest City on Earth

By Frederik Balfour

A Guide to Real Estate in the Priciest City on Earth

The Forgotten Film Director Hollywood Still Loves

By James Tarmy

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Finally, a Television for People Who Hate Televisions

By Matthew Kronsberg

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Charles King Is Changing the Color of Hollywood—and Making Money Doing It

By Lucas Shaw

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