It's the candle, stupid.

From airlines to beer to high-speed Internet access, competition is dying in American capitalism. 1/18

Joe Kennedy III sounds a lot like his grandfather Bobby in a speech responding to GM’s decision to cut 14,000 jobs. 2/18

As of August, Democrats have a more positive image of socialism than they do of capitalism. 3/18

In one suburban Los Angeles school, nearly a quarter of students were classified as homeless last year. 4/18

Cash is currently outperforming both stocks and bonds, something it hasn’t done over the course of a year since 1994. It’s only happened 10 times in 92 years. 5/18

Thanks to the rise of "prestige candles," the self-care market, and Instagram, a Gucci candle costs $600. 6/18

An ATM in Texas spat out hundreds instead of tens. The bank said customers are welcome to keep the money. 7/18

Bans on pay-toilets in America were a win over sexism, and free toilets for all were meant to come next. But cities never built them. 8/18

“Wigging” is the practice in which male stunt actors play female characters. 9/18

A terrific essay by Andrea Long Chu addresses the only prerequisite that should be required for trans surgeries: a demonstration of want. 10/18

Laurene Powell Jobs acquires Pop-Up Magazine Productions and California Sunday while quietly buying up one media property after another. 11/18

"Psychic numbing" means that as the number of victims in a tragedy goes up, our willingness to help reliably decreases. 12/18

"Bad plowing done straight is better than good plowing done bent." A report from the world of competitive plowing. 13/18

Common geographic misconceptions show that “mental map” errors are pervasive and stubborn. 14/18

The Borscht Belt, aka America's Jewish Vacationland, has deteriorated to the point of becoming ruin porn. 15/18

Before NASA's InSight lander performs any tasks on Mars, engineers run tests on Earth in a nearly perfect simulation of the landscape. 16/18

A professional poet explains the weirdness of being tapped to write mediocre verse for Maggie Gyllenhaal's new film. 17/18

It’s hard to miss the repeated notion in Tolkien that some races are just worse than others. On fighting prejudice against orcs.  18/18

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