“As the cost of living continues to spiral upward, the Trump Administration is gutting the government agency built to protect Americans from financial ruin.”
finance
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What If the Economy Was Modeled After Ecology?
“By treating economies as living systems, we can build financial frameworks that regenerate rather than exploit.”
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The Doom Spenders
“Faced with an uncertain future, young Canadians are racking up more debt than ever before. Portrait of a generation on the instalment plan.”
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The Jackpot Generation
“Canada is in the midst of the greatest wealth transfer of all time, as some $1 trillion passes from boomers to their millennial kids. How an inheritance-based economy will transform the country.”
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At Heritage, Pokémon Cards Are the New Bitcoin
“At an auction in January, a card from the game’s first edition, which depicted the golden dragon Charizard and was graded in perfect 10.0 condition, sold for $300,000. The most expensive cards from the ‘Unlimited’ edition wouldn’t fetch quite that much, but a lucky buyer could still find himself with a card that would buy […]
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The Mirage of the Black Middle Class
“Black Americans have been shut out of stability at every turn.”
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The Code That Controls Your Money
COBOL, an old coding language that not many people know about, controls the world’s financial systems.
Posted inNonfiction
Fire Sale: Finance and Fascism in the Amazon Rainforest
From global capital to YouTube, carbon credits to indigenous land defenders in their own words, Will Meyer has compiled a reading list on who lit the match and how the fire might be stopped.
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We Love Moms, as Long as They Have Good Insurance
In the U.S., getting pregnant can be exciting, joyful, and the first step toward a lifetime of debt.