What to do when the ‘public good’ of information goes bad
The creation and dissemination of reliable news is at an economic disadvantage
The creation and dissemination of reliable news is at an economic disadvantage

Users trust it even less than they do mainstream news outlets

To decide whether official statistics are useful, look at what happens when they disappear

But it relies on a host of rosy assumptions going in investors’ favour

The sector remains untested in a severe or prolonged economic downturn

What matters most is how capital was deployed and underwritten

Laws don’t work — transparency and technology are the answer