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Perspective BLS - TED: The Economics Daily - Union Membership Rates in each State, 2017 1/25 * "New York continued to have the highest union membership rate (23.8%), while South Carolina continued to have the lowest (2.6%)." statista - The Countries Most Optimistic About 2018 - Niall McCarthy 1/22
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Perspective Howmuch.net - Credit Scores & Household Incomes in America - Raul 1/8 Pew - Most dads say they spend too little time with their children; about a quarter live apart from them - Gretchen Livingston 1/8 WSJ - Daily Shot: Deutsche Bank - Road Quality by US State 2016 1/9 Worthy
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Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice GMO - Bracing Yourself for a Possible Near-Term Melt-Up - Jeremy Grantham 1/3 LinkedIn: Why Bitcoin is the largest Ponzi scheme in human history - Vivek Wadhwa 12/29 Vanity Fair: "Oh My God, This is so F---ed Up": Inside Silicon Valley&
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Happy Holidays everyone! Last post for the year. Cheers, Duff Perspective How Much - American Consumption Greatly Varies by State - Raul 12/19 Markets / Economy Bloomberg - Subprime Auto Defaults Are Soaring, and PE Firms Have No Way Out - Gabrielle Coppola and Claire Boston 12/21 Finance MarketWatch - How much has been
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If you were only to read one thing… Bloomberg - America's 'Retail Apocalypse' Is Really Just Beginning - Matt Townsend, Jenny Surane, Emma Orr, and Christopher Cannon 11/8 * "The so-called retail apocalypse has become so ingrained in the U.S. that it now has the
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If you were only to read one thing… WSJ - Backlog in EB-5 Immigration Program Creates Cash Hoard for Property Developers - Peter Grant 10/24 * "A backlog in the controversial EB-5 immigration program, which enables foreigners who invest in the U.S. to get green cards, is making
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Perspective WSJ - Daily Shot: Spanish Empire at its Peak 10/10 * "Since Monday was Columbus day, here is the size of the Spanish Empire at its peak (in 1790)." WSJ - America's Retailers Have a New Target Customer: The 26-Year-Old Millennial - Ellen Byron 10/9
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Perspective USA Today - $5 to access your own money? ATM fees jump to record high and these cities are the worst - David Carrig 10/2 * "Among the top 25 metropolitan areas, Pittsburgh residents encountered the highest fees. The top 25 metro areas with the highest average ATM fee, according
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Perspective NYT - Why Aren't Paychecks Growing? A Burger-Joint Clause Offers a Clue - Rachel Abrams 9/27 * "As economists try to understand why wages have stagnated across the country’s economy, they are examining the cheap labor part of the equation closely. A few have zeroed in
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Perspective WSJ - Daily Shot: US Auto Fuel Efficiency 9/7 NYT - An Enormous, Urgent Task: Hauling Away Harvey's Debris - John Schwartz and Alan Blinder 9/6 * "Of all the challenges that southeast Texas faces after Hurricane Harvey, few will linger longer or more visibly than the millions
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Perspective Howmuch.net - The Working Class Can (Not) Afford the American Dream - Raul 8/31 Howmuch.net - The Rising Costs of Sending Your Kids to a Private School - Raul 8/20 Howmuch.net - Status of US State Economies - Raul 8/15 Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice Bloomberg Businessweek - Why Private
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Perspective WP - Texas flood disaster: Harvey has unloaded 9 trillion gallons of water - Matthew Cappucci 8/27 Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice Bloomberg Quint - Traders Ditch Risk as Dalio to Gundlach Warn on Emerging Markets - Ben Bartenstein 8/27 * "More investors are joining the cast of Wall Street veterans