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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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If you were only to read one thing… FT - S&P says Venezuela is in default on sovereign debt - Edward White and Hudson Lockett 11/13 * "Standard & Poor’s has declared that Venezuela is in default after it missed two interest payments and following a meeting in
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Perspective NYT - China Spreads Propaganda to U.S. on Facebook, a Platform It Bans at Home - Paul Mozur 11/8 * Another example of how easy it is to manipulate people. Seemingly the spread of the internet was meant to give people access to factual information to make better decisions and
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Perspective FT - How Germany got its gold back - Claire Jones 11/10 * "It was kept abroad to escape the Soviet Union. But then Germany decided to bring it home." NYT - After Weinstein: A List of Men Accused of Sexual Misconduct and the Fallout for Each - Sarah Almukhtar, Larry
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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… 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… 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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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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Perspective FT - Asian billionaires outnumber US ones for first time - Josef Stadler 11/1 FT - Global gender gap will take 100 years to close, says WEF study - Sarah Gordon 11/1 * "The global gender gap will take 100 years to close at the current rate of change, according to
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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