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Perspective Economist - When the prices are too damn high - Daily Chart 2/5 WSJ - Hard Lessons From the Federal Student-Loan Program's Coming $36 Billion Shortfall - Josh Mitchell 2/4 * "U.S. officials have long maintained the federal government would make a profit on its $1.4
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If you were only to read one thing… Economist - Pyramid schemes cause huge social harm in China 2/3 * "The authorities call them 'business cults'. Tens of millions of people are ensnared in these pyramid schemes that use cult-like techniques to brainwash their targets and bilk
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Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice Bloomberg Gadfly - Still Clutching an Old iPhone? You're Not Alone - Shira Ovide 1/4 Bloomberg Businessweek - What If China Is Exempt From the Laws of Economics? - Michael Schuman 1/24 Bloomberg Businessweek - How Hedge Funds (Secretly) Get Their Way in Washington - Zachary Mider
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Perspective Bloomberg - Marijuana Mapped: the Price of Weed Across the U.S. - Jen Skerritt 1/30 WSJ - Daily Shot: US Real Disposable Income and Consumer Spending 1/30 Pew - Remittances from abroad are major economic assets for some developing countries - Drew Desilver 1/29 Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice A
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Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice FT - Lex in Depth: the case against share buybacks - Dan McCrum 1/29 * "S&P 500 companies have spent $1.1tn on share repurchase programs over the past two years, as executives struggled to turn modest economic growth into higher earnings. Lacking opportunities
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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 AZ Central - USA Today: Budweiser falls from top three U.S. beer favorites - Mike Snider 1/23 NYT - School Shooting in Kentucky Was Nation's 11th of Year. It Was Jan. 23. - Alan Blinder and Daniel Victor 1/23 WSJ - Daily Shot: Vox - US Marijuana Laws 1/24
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Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice Bloomberg - This Rare Bear Who Called the Crash Warns Housing Is Too Hot Again - Prashant Gopal 1/22 FT - China's VPN crackdown is about money as much as censorship - Lucy Hornby 1/21 * "Curbs on internet access also serve to hand business
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Perspective Visual Capitalist - What Assets Make Up Wealth? - Jeff Desjardins 1/19 Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice A Teachable Moment - These Are Like, Really Bad Funds - Anthony Isola 1/18 Bloomberg View - No One Wants Your Used Clothes Anymore - Adam Minter 1/15 * "A once-virtuous cycle is breaking
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Perspective Freedom House - Freedom in the World 2018 - Democracy in Crisis 1/17 WSJ - Daily Shot: Maps on the Web - Global Fertility Rates 1/17 Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice The Atlantic - Raising a Social-Media Star - Taylor Lorenz 1/17 * "The parents of teen internet celebrities get a
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Perspective A Wealth of Common Sense - Updating My Favorite Performance Chart For 2017 - Ben Carlson 1/14 Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice A Teachable Moment - The Power of Fee Shaming - Anthony Isola 1/15 Yahoo Finance - Business Insider: China is heading toward a debt crisis that will throw into question
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Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice FT - Why are so many Americans crowdfunding their healthcare? - Barney Jopson 1/10 FT - A power shift in the Middle East - Nick Butler 1/14 * "The opening of the Zohr gasfield is a big opportunity for Egypt's energy ambitions." NYT - Is