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Ritholtz: Congress, not Amazon, messed up the Post Office
Is Amazon.com's contract with the U.S. Postal Service kosher, or is it a sweetheart deal that amounts to a government giveaway?
Ritholtz: Skip the Red Cross when helping Harvey’s victims
Some charities don't measure up in terms of efficiency or effectiveness. Front and center on this list is the American Red Cross.
Ritholtz: Oroville Dam’s failure is a symbol of U.S. infrastructure
The sorry state of American infrastructure is once again our focus. This time the peg is the Oroville Dam in California. It is the U.S.'s tallest dam, and it is...
Ritholtz: Coal isn’t dying because there’s a war on it
The reality is that coal is the victim of competition from cheaper natural gas, green-energy sources, and too much debt taken on to pay for costly and ill-timed acquisitions.