Praise, and criticism, for an NYT series on corporate welfare January 29, 2013 By David Cay Johnston The paper’s sources challenge some of its findings while praising attention to the issue
Audit Notes: low-info billionaires, Trump the taker, Elizabeth Warren November 9, 2012 By Ryan Chittum Money apparently can’t buy a firm grip on reality
David Cay Johnston’s excellent corporate-welfare column June 5, 2012 By Ryan Chittum What a proposed mall project illustrates about subsidizing developers
Amazon’s California tax squeeze May 31, 2012 By Ryan Chittum A WSJ follow story waters down an LAT scoop from two weeks ago
The Seattle Times Takes On Hometown Amazon April 10, 2012 By Ryan Chittum A tough series on the dark side of the booming local company
A Big Corporate Welfare Story Gets Short Shrift December 8, 2011 By Ryan Chittum Reuters’s Johnston and Times Union spotlight news almost everyone else ignores
Audit Notes: Cash Giveaway, Bloomberg Views (in the WSJ), Lede of the Week June 17, 2011 By Ryan Chittum
Audit Notes: Slick Politics, Greece’s Red Flag, What Caused Oil’s Tumble? May 12, 2011 By Ryan Chittum
Too Big to Fail: New Jersey Mall Edition May 2, 2011 By Ryan Chittum Chris Christie can’t let Xanadu go under; $400 million in corporate welfare
Chris Christie’s Corporate Welfare April 20, 2011 By Ryan Chittum A $102 million tax break for a Japanese company to stay in New Jersey
Audit Notes: Race to the Bottom, More Corporate Welfare, Money Is Fungible April 8, 2011 By Ryan Chittum
NYT Is Superb On General Electric’s Tax Avoidance March 25, 2011 By Ryan Chittum Plus, David Kocieniewski continues his Charlie Rangel exposés
Audit Notes: Grand Oil Party, The Limits of Anecdote, Mod Investors February 25, 2011 By Ryan Chittum
Audit Notes: WSJ on BP, U.S. Props Up Egypt’s Mubarak, NFL Subsidies January 31, 2011 By Ryan Chittum
Corporate Welfare Rocks! November 29, 2010 By Ryan Chittum The Wall Street Journal and Newsweek give Utah the puff treatment