Americans’ fascination with ‘mortgage rates:’ a tour through financial market history
When President Donald Trump lashed out at Google, calling it “rigged” to show negative stories about him when users searched on the term “Trump news,” it was a reminder of the power of the technology that shapes our lives. Google GOOG, -1.29% had managed to avoid the kind of scrutiny that’s swamped Facebook FB, -2.25% and Twitter TWTR, -3.85% over the content that’s posted to their sites – even though its own model conveys a double dose of power. Anyone trying to reach lots of eyeballs – politicians, businesses, journalists – is concerned, like the president, about what web sites...