Keith Wagstaff
Keith Wagstaff is a staff writer at TheWeek.com covering politics and current events. He has previously written for such publications as TIME, Details, VICE, and the Village Voice.
Latest articles by Keith Wagstaff
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Starbucks' clever protest against the government shutdownfeature Guess who isn't out of work? Corporate marketing departments.
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Why ordering online from your favorite restaurant could be killing itfeature Hungry? Do your local take-out joint a solid and pick up the phone.
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Do gay marriage states have a business advantage?feature The draw of federal benefits for all married employees might help these states woo top talent
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The death of easy cash: Can the global economy cope?feature Ben Bernanke has sent financial markets into chaos
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Is Wall Street muscling out individual home buyers?feature The recent 12.1 percent jump in home prices might not be as encouraging as it first seemed
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How Apple's tricky accounting could spark global tax reformfeature World leaders unite after learning how Apple avoided paying taxes on $74 billion in profits
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What caused MSNBC's dismal month?feature After emerging as a threat to Fox News, the liberal network has taken a big step back
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How the government shutdown could ruin Christmasfeature The holiday season won't be so merry for U.S. retailers, who expect dismal sales
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How Netflix could finally beat HBOfeature The video-streaming service has passed the premiere cable channel in subscribers
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Why TurboTax tried to make your taxes more complicatedfeature As a ProPublica investigation reveals, the IRS could actually be doing your taxes for you
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Why someone would pay $142 million for one paintingfeature Francis Bacon's "Three Studies of Lucian Freud" sold for a record sum. It probably won't hold its title for long.
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Latest shots in the austerity debate: Krugman vs. Reinhart and Rogofffeature The Excel spreadsheet error that rocked the world
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Bloomberg Businessweek's phallic cover gets a rise from the mediafeature Warning: Puns ahead
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How JPMorgan Chase allegedly tried to hide a $6.2 billion loss from the fedsfeature A new Senate report revives the too-big-to-fail debate by accusing bank executives of misleading investors and regulators
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Former employees say Bank of America lied to a lot of homeownersfeature The mega-bank also allegedly rewarded employees who put homes in foreclosure
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Why is Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer stepping down?feature Like the Zune, Ballmer will soon be a part of the software giant's past
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3 reasons why U.S. manufacturing is on the risefeature Suddenly, outsourcing the assembly of products to China doesn't make a whole lot of sense
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You can buy a $1.45 million Monet painting on Amazon right nowfeature Amazon Art gives users access to more than 40,000 works of fine art
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7 of the world's most infamous tax havensfeature And why they're so enticing to wealthy folks who don't want to give their money to the government
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Why restaurants should get rid of tippingfeature 15 percent? 20 percent? Maybe we should just scrap the whole system altogether.
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October jobs report: The shutdown didn't destroy the economyfeature The U.S. economy added 204,000 jobs last month — nearly double what was expected
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How the rich came out winners from the Great Recessionfeature The top 7 percent saw their net worth increase by 28 percent over the last few years
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What should the minimum wage be?feature Setting aside the rancor of the political class, several economists argue that $7.25 an hour is far too low
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Most Americans want a higher minimum wage. So what's holding it back?feature Polls show 76 percent of Americans support a $9 minimum wage. That doesn't mean Congress will pass it.
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