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Perspective WP - A close-up view of the flooding in Houston - Denise Lu, Aaron Williams, Dan Keating, Jack Gillum and Laris Karklis 8/29 WSJ - Harvey's Test: Businesses Struggle With Flawed Insurance as Floods Multiply 8/29 WSJ - Harvey Makes Landfall in Louisiana as Waters Keep Rising in
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Perspective WSJ - Daily Shot: Houston is on some the nation's least absorbent soil 8/29 Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice NYT - Harvey, the Storm That Humans Helped Cause - David Leonhardt 8/29 FT - A happier Japan is a concern for investors - Leo Lewis 8/28 * "A record
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Perspective NYT - Public Works Funding Falls as Infrastructure Deteriorates - Binyamin Appelbaum 8/8 FT - Who was convicted because of the global financial crisis? - Kara Scannell and Richard Milne 8/8 Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice NYT - The Political Payoff of Making Whites Feel Like a Minority - Lynn Vavreck 8/8
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Perspective NYT - The Cost of a Hot Economy in California: A Severe Housing Crisis - Adam Nagourney and Conor Dougherty 7/17 * "A full-fledged housing crisis has gripped California, marked by a severe lack of affordable homes and apartments for middle-class families. The median cost of a home
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If you were to read only one thing… Bloomberg News - Shoppers Can Buy Bad Debt on China's Equivalent of Ebay - 7/11 * "Used by millions of Chinese to buy everything from clothes to food and electronics, the platform (Taobao), known for its bargains, typically markets more than
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If you were to read only one thing… FT - The real risks of the falling oil price - Nick Butler 6/11 * "In any discussion of the oil market it is all too easy to ignore the real world consequences of the price fall that has occurred over the last
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If you were to read only one thing… NYT - How Homeownership Became the Engine of American Inequality - Matthew Desmond 5/9 * "There is a reason so many Americans choose to develop their net worth through homeownership: It is a proven wealth builder and savings compeller. The average homeowner boasts
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Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice Mauldin Economics - Angst in America, Part 7: The Angst of the Millennial Generation - John Mauldin 5/7 * Are High Home Prices Turning American Millennials Into the New Serfs? - Marc Faber * "Like medieval serfs in pre-industrial Europe, America’s new generation, particularly in its
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If you were to read only one thing… WSJ - Another Bubble Bursts in Hong Kong - Jacky Wong 4/25 * This one is the article in its entirety. * "Hong Kong’s stock market is becoming a byword for dangerous bubble-blowing." * "The latest stock to burst is Fullshare
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If you were to read only one thing… WSJ - 'Apartheid Without the Racism': How China Keeps Rural Folks Down - Mark Magnier 4/24 * "An epic property boom restricted to city dwellers has opened a wealth gap that continues to widen in China, setting back a state campaign
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Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice FT - Venezuela's broken system cannot fix itself - Daniel Lansberg-Rodriguez 4/23 FT - Silicon Valley 'superstars' risk a populist backlash - Rana Foroohar 4/23 * "…a spate of research shows that it is not trade or rapacious bankers but technology that
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A review – how India and Indonesia have gone about chasing tax revenue. Global bond sales hit a record in 2016 led by corporations. US housing gains highlight the growing economic divide. First, Happy New Year! Headlines * NYT - China's 'Godfather of Real Estate' Pitches Reverse Mortgages to