Joe Nocera, Columnist

A Laptop Ban Could Actually Kill People

Lithium-ion computer batteries sometimes catch fire. Imagine that happening in an airplane's cargo hold.

May 31, 2017 at 6:44 PM UTC

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June 1, 2017 at 12:48 PM UTC

Joe Nocera is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He has written business columns for Esquire, GQ and the New York Times, and is the former editorial director of Fortune. He is the host and writer of the Bloomberg-Wondery podcast "The Shrink Next Door."

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