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**Why companies want you to rent, not buy, from them**
Companies increasingly want you to rent their products. They call it a ‘subscription’, a lease, a service, or a tenancy agreement.
It’s so much more profitable for them. But it’s just the latest form of peonage. Learn more:
What is ‘Financialisation’? Why it’s bad. And what to do about it.
‘Financialisation’ is just a new way for banks to lend money against dodgy assets. We explain why it’s a huge risk.
Why companies like you to rent, not buy, from them
**Why companies want you to rent, not buy, from them**
Companies increasingly want you to rent their products. They call it a ‘subscription’, a lease, a service, or a tenancy agreement.
It’s so much more profitable for them. But it’s just the latest form of peonage. Learn more:
Cancer conference gets sponsored by cigarette companies
Delegates and speakers at a major cancer conference discovered that the event was sponsored by two cigarette companies, Philip Morris and Japan Tobacco.
The Economist magazine’s events department was taking money from tobacco companies to sponsor its 10th annual ‘World Cancer Series Europe’ conference.
Do lawyers have a guilty conscience?
Do lawyers have a guilty conscience? And if not, should they? We reflect on legal ethics.
Who runs capitalism? It isn’t what you think.
Who runs capitalism? It isn’t corporations and the wealthy.
The truth is, every day, an unseen army is working to advance the aims of corporations and the rich.
It’s the Concierge Class.