Bloomberg Markets Finds the Rich Taking From the Poor

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 8, 2011 at 11:52 AM

Bloomberg Markets has a terrific investigation into how a federal program meant to spur redevelopment in poor areas is funneling... More

L.A. Times Examines Trump’s Gold-Plated Corporate Welfare

By Ryan Chittum   May 11, 2011 at 02:49 PM

How do you handle covering a candidacy that's primarily a publicity stunt by a crazed ego and presshound—one with approximately... More

NYT Examines Chris Christie’s Corporate Welfare Machine

By Ryan Chittum   Apr 5, 2012 at 07:55 PM

Charlie Bagli takes a nice look in The New York Times at the corporate-welfare machine that is Chris Christie's administration... More

NYT Is Superb On General Electric’s Tax Avoidance

Plus, David Kocieniewski continues his Charlie Rangel exposés

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 25, 2011 at 02:14 PM

(UPDATE: See my follow-up post on GE's poor PR response to the Times's story) The New York Times unloads a... More

The Seattle Times Takes On Hometown Amazon

A tough series on the dark side of the booming local company

By Ryan Chittum   Apr 10, 2012 at 11:37 AM

Here in Seattle, Amazon is growing like crazy, adding thousands of jobs and building several skyscrapers just off downtown, something... More

A Big Corporate Welfare Story Gets Short Shrift

Reuters’s Johnston and Times Union spotlight news almost everyone else ignores

By Ryan Chittum   Dec 8, 2011 at 12:43 PM

Here's a story that's calling out for more attention and isn't getting it. Reuters's David Cay Johnston wrote last week... More

Audit Notes: WSJ on BP, U.S. Props Up Egypt’s Mubarak, NFL Subsidies

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 31, 2011 at 08:24 PM

The Wall Street Journal continues to lead on the BP disaster. It reported this weekend on emails showing that land-based... More

Audit Notes: Cash Giveaway, Bloomberg Views (in the WSJ), Lede of the Week

By Ryan Chittum   Jun 17, 2011 at 08:40 PM

Jeff Amy of the Mobile Press-Register has some good reporting on corporate welfare in Alabama. He writes that businesses aren't... More

Audit Notes: Grand Oil Party, The Limits of Anecdote, Mod Investors

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 25, 2011 at 06:51 PM

The Economist's Matt Steinglass reports on an egregious government giveaway to the oil companies—one that started accidentally and has now... More

Audit Notes: Race to the Bottom, More Corporate Welfare, Money Is Fungible

By Ryan Chittum   Apr 8, 2011 at 06:47 PM

The New York Times is good to take a look at how neighboring states race to the bottom bidding to... More

Audit Notes: Slick Politics, Greece’s Red Flag, What Caused Oil’s Tumble?

By Ryan Chittum   May 12, 2011 at 08:35 PM

I noted a Huffington Post story the other day reporting that removing drilling bans wouldn't really affect the price of... More

Chris Christie’s Corporate Welfare

A $102 million tax break for a Japanese company to stay in New Jersey

By Ryan Chittum   Apr 20, 2011 at 01:46 PM

Chris Christie is a hero to the right and something of a media darling for his willingness to slash government... More

Corporate Welfare Rocks!

The Wall Street Journal and Newsweek give Utah the puff treatment

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 29, 2010 at 04:10 PM

The Wall Street Journal reports that government activism is good... when it benefits Big Business. It's a puff piece about... More

Deadspin Is Excellent on a Bogus Tax Break for Wealthy Team Owners

By Ryan Chittum   Jun 30, 2011 at 04:27 PM

Gawker's sports site Deadspin got hold of some New Jersey Nets financial statements from a few years ago and uses... More

Reporting on Solyndra

Missing basic concepts about the government’s loan-guarantee program.

By Ryan Chittum   Sep 16, 2011 at 03:24 PM

Much of the press coverage of the Solyndra bankruptcy has been poor on some basic concepts at the heart of... More

Too Big to Fail: New Jersey Mall Edition

Chris Christie can’t let Xanadu go under; $400 million in corporate welfare

By Ryan Chittum   May 2, 2011 at 07:50 PM

What corporate interest won't Chris Christie subsidize with taxpayer dollars? The New Jersey governor, press favorite, and conservative hero is... More

WNYC On Welfare for the Well-to-Do in the Bronx

By Ryan Chittum   May 20, 2011 at 02:42 PM

Talk about an emblem of welfare for rich folks: Parking garages built for the New York Yankees to accompany their... More