Chinese billionaire crushes perfectly good Mercedes to protest driving

Chen crushing a Mercedes

To prepare for peak oil, I’ve argued that nations need to rely less on imports and bring their manufacturing back home. But here’s an import from China that I’d like to see come to the West. In advance of China’s National Car-Free Day in September, Chen Guangbiao, a flamboyant but green-friendly billionaire, staged a publicity [...]

Wall Street lawyer risks career to join protesters

tax me more sign

“Do you work on Wall Street?” asks the interviewer with MoveOn.org. “I do,” answers a man in a suit, his face blurred out by the camera. It turns out that he’s a lawyer. Q. Are you afraid of being seen at the march? A. I wouldn’t really like my colleagues to see me here. Q. [...]