News in Brief Who Should Pay for Internet Infrastructure? If it’s taxpayers, then maybe we should have a conversation about regulating Internet prices. By Rick Paulas (Photo:… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Can an All-Payer Model Save American Health Care? Vermont just got the OK to establish an all-payer system. Should more states follow suit? By Dwyer Gunn… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Does Amazon Really Put Its Customers First? Amazon bills itself as “Earth’s most customer-centric company.” Yet its algorithm is hiding the best deal from many… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief We Should Be So Lucky—and Admit It Robert H. Frank’s newest book explores why successful people refuse to believe their luck. By Anthony Nguyen (Photo:… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Is Pay-for-Success the Future of Government Spending? Governments around the country are exploring pay-for-success funding solutions. By Dwyer Gunn (Photo: netzanette/Flickr) A few years ago,… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Looming Lifeline Internet Subsidy Crisis How FCC Internet speed requirements—designed to prevent Internet Service Providers from providing slow Internet—will make large numbers of… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Financial Security Should Be the Next Human Right And portable benefits and a universal basic income can ensure it becomes just that. By Natalie Foster New… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Why Is American Internet So Slow? Antiquated phone networks and corporate monopolies do not produce fast Internet. Rick Paulas
News in Brief Here’s the Lowdown on Trump’s New Childcare Proposals It’s quite the boon for high-income Americans. By Dwyer Gunn (Photo: Darren McCollester/Getty Images) Earlier this week, at… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Surreal Politics of a Billionaire’s Tax Loophole Hillary Clinton has gone even further than Donald Trump in promising to kill a tax break that benefits… Pacific Standard Staff