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Perspective Visual Capitalist - Visualizing the 4,000 Year History of Global Power - Nick Routley 12/2 The Verge - The Winklevoss twins are now Bitcoin billionaires - Thuy Ong 12/4 WSJ - Daily Shot: Global Market Cap as % of GDP 12/5 Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice FT - The Republicans' faith-
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Perspective FT - Tesla truck will need energy of 4,000 homes to recharge, research claims - Peter Campbell and Nathalie Thomas 11/27 * "One of Europe’s leading energy consultancies has estimated that Tesla’s electric haulage truck will require the same energy as up to 4,000 homes to
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Perspective WSJ - Daily Shot: Moody's - Higher Ed & Not For Profit Debt Rating Changes 11/19 * "College debt continues to get downgraded. Some suggest that this could become a severe problem if the economy slows (colleges are no longer able to raise tuition at the rate they
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Perspective VC - Walmart Nation: Mapping the Largest Employers in the U.S. - Jeff Desjardins 11/17 NYT - A Great Migration From Puerto Rico Is Set to Transform Orlando - Lizette Alvarez 11/17 * "More than 168,000 people have flown or sailed out of Puerto Rico to Florida since the
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Perspective WSJ - Leonardo da Vinci Painting 'Salvator Mundi' Smashes Records With $450.3 Million Sale - Kelly Crow 11/16 * "Leonardo da Vinci’s rediscovered portrait of Jesus Christ sold at auction for $450.3 million, making it the most expensive work of art ever sold." * "
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Perspective Pew - How U.S. refugee resettlement in each state has shifted since 2002 - Jynnah Radford 11/2 * Animation WSJ - Daily Shot: Convoy Investments - Rise and Fall of Some Famous Asset Bubbles 11/9 Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice NYT - How to Reduce Shootings - Nicholas Kristof and Bill Marsh 11/
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If you were only to read one thing… Vice - Motherboard: One Bitcoin Transaction Now Uses as Much Energy as Your House in a Week - Christopher Malmo 11/1 * "Bitcoin's incredible price run to break over $7,000 this year has sent its overall electricity consumption soaring, as
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If you were only to read one thing… FT - Venezuela debt restructuring could unleash crisis - John Paul Rathbone 11/3 * "President Nicolás Maduro’s decision to restructure Venezuela’s $89bn of debt is likely to unleash a debt crisis of a size not suffered in Latin America since Argentina’
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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 Economist - The political economy of witchcraft - Daily Chart 10/31 * "How early modern witch-hunters resemble contemporary politicians." Tax Foundation - 2018 State Business Tax Climate Index 10/31 Axios - Cost-cutting could stunt the health care jobs expansion - Christopher Matthews 10/25 NYT - A Peek at Future
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Happy Halloween! If you were only to read one thing… FT - Billionaire boom is a sign that rates need to rise - Merryn Somerset Webb 10/27 * "It has been a good week for billionaires. The UBS/PwC Billionaires Report 2017 claimed the combined wealth of the world’s 1,
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The corporate drug industry has had many friends in Washington D.C. until now... Amazon is taking over the package room of your apartment building. China's property boom unlikely to end anytime soon. Headlines Economist - The Philippine army recaptures a city seized by Muslim insurgents 10/17. After