Thursday, January 8, 2026
Iratxe Gurpegui
Beyond the Law: The Corporate Culture That Justified the Great Electrical Cartel
In the late 1950s, one of the largest antitrust scandals in U.S. history revealed not just corporate collusion — but a culture that justified it. The Great Electrical Cartel wasn’t born from greed alone, but from loyalty, conformity, and a society that no longer saw white-collar crime as a crime.
Monday, November 17, 2025
Iratxe Gurpegui
The Rise and Fall of Theranos
Theranos was born in the early 2000s with a promise that sounded like science fiction: hundreds of blood tests from a single finger prick, faster and cheaper than traditional labs. Elizabeth Holmes raised more than $700 million, attracted a board of political heavyweights, and reached a $9 billion valuation — all while the core technology quietly failed to deliver.