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Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice A Wealth of Common Sense - Too Big To Be Simple? - Ben Carlson 6/19 * "…There is no such thing as too big to be simple." * "Problems arise when ultra-wealthy people assume the normal rules don't apply to them."
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Perspective OECD - A Broken Social Elevator? How to Promote Social Mobility 6/15 Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice Foreign Affairs - Beijing's Building Boom: How the West Surrendered Global Infrastructure Development to China - Bushra Bataineh, Michael Bennon, and Francis Fukuyama 5/21 FT - Facebook's data sharing shows
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I'm back. Sorry for the leave of absence. Perspective Visual Capitalist: Mary Meeker 2018 Internet Trends Report - How American Household Finances are Changing - Jeff Desjardins 6/1 Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice Axios - Millennials are moving to the exurbs in droves - Steve LeVine 6/10 FT - China'
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Perspective NYT - Extensive Data Shows Punishing Reach of Racism for Black Boys - Emily Badger, Claire Cain Miller, Adam Pearce and Kevin Quealy 3/19 * Check the link for some very insightful interactive graphics. * "Black boys raised in America, even in the wealthiest families and living in some of the
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Perspective Economist - The hidden cost of congestion - Daily Chart 2/28 * "In rich countries, city-dwellers lose nearly $1,000 a year while sitting in traffic." Tax Foundation - Sources of Personal Income 2015 Update - Erica York 2/27 Visual Capitalist - The World as 100 People over the last
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Perspective WSJ - Daily Shot: Credit Suisse - US Household Net worth by quantile 12/15 WSJ - Daily Shot: Credit Suisse - US Household Ownership of Equities by quantile 12/15 Bloomberg - He Stole $100 Million From His Clients. Now He's Living in Luxury on the Cote d'Azur - Liam
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If you were only to read one thing… What Explains U.S. Mass Shootings? International Comparisons Suggest an Answer - Max Fisher and Josh Keller 11/7 * "When the world looks at the United States, it sees a land of exceptions: a time-tested if noisy democracy, a crusader in
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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 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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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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Perspective BuzzFeed - Young People Are Struggling, So Furniture Stores Target "The Bank Of Mom And Dad" - Matthew Zeitlin 4/30 * "The financial crisis and weak economic recovery locked millions of young people out of the labor force, and for many who do have jobs, they're
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Declining global trade. Chinese bank loan loss provisions. Pending auto loan crisis? Headlines * FT – Hong Kong car park space fetches $620,000 10/28. The stall at 55 Conduit Road (exclusive Mid-Levels district) sold for a record HK$4.8m. For comparison the previous record (also same road) was