The Best Business Writing 2015

IntroductionAcknowledgmentsPart I. Business Unusual1. The Billionaire, the Dealer, and the $186 Million Rothko, by Stephanie Baker and Hugo Miller2. "Let's, Like, Demolish Laundry", by Jessica Pressler3. Monopoly's Inventor: The Progressive Who Didn't Pass "Go", by Mary Pilon4. The Ur-Deli, by Jordan WeismanPart II. Labor and Its Discontents5. The Price of Nice Nails, by Sarah Maslin Nir6. Are Slaves Catching the Fish You Buy?, by Robin McDowell, Margie Mason, and Martha Mendoza7. The Assistant Economy, by Francesca Mari8. Can the U.S. Ever Fix Its Messed-Up Maternity Leave System?, by Claire Suddath9. The Homeless Man Who Works in the Senate, by Catherine Rampell10. Smothered by a Boom in Banking, by Gretchen MorgensonPart III. Technology: Behind the Screen11. Everything Is Broken, by Quinn Norton12. The Pro Dumpster Diver Who's Making Thousands Off America's Biggest Retailers, by Randall Sullivan13. The Laborers Who Keep Dick Pics and Beheadings Out of Your Facebook Feed, by Adrian Chen14. Amazon Must Be Stopped, by Franklin Foer15. Inside Google's Secret Drone-Delivery Program, by Alexis C. MadrigalPart IV. Business Accountability16. Boom: North America's Expensive Oil-by-Rail Problem, by Marcus Stern and Sebastian Jones17. Firestone and the Warlord, by T. Christian Miller and Jonathan Jones18. Lobbyists, Bearing Gifts, Pursue Attorneys General, by Eric Lipton19. Killer Pharmacy: Inside a Medical Mass Murder Case, by Kurt Eichenwald20. Gasping for Action, by Raquel RutledgePart V. Financial Follies21. Young Financier's Insurance Empire Collapses, by Mark Maremont and Leslie Scism22. This Twenty-Seven-Year-Old Made Millions Riding the Death Spirals of Penny Stocks, by Zeke Faux23. The Greatest Tax Story Ever Told, by Zachary Mider24. How Wall Street Captured Washington's Effort to Rein in Banks, by Charles Levinson25. How an Undocumented Immigrant from Mexico Became a Star at Goldman Sachs, by Max AbelsonList of ContributorsPermissions