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At Heritage, Pokémon Cards Are the New Bitcoin

by Peter Rubin October 5, 2021October 19, 2022

“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 […]

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Mirage of the Black Middle Class

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 29, 2021October 19, 2022

“Black Americans have been shut out of stability at every turn.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Code That Controls Your Money

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands December 4, 2020October 19, 2022

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

by Will Meyer October 2, 2019January 20, 2023

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.

Posted inCurrent Events, Quotes

We Love Moms, as Long as They Have Good Insurance

by michelleweber April 20, 2018October 19, 2022

In the U.S., getting pregnant can be exciting, joyful, and the first step toward a lifetime of debt.

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes

Inside the Canadian Credit Bubble, Where Too Many Canadians Live Beyond their Means

by Aaron Gilbreath June 8, 2017October 19, 2022

Canada’s new middle class lives paycheck to paycheck, unwilling to give up certain lifestyle choices.

US dollars and euros, paper bills
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

I’d Gladly Pay You Tomorrow For a Hamburger Today, If Only My Debit Card Weren’t Frozen

by michelleweber March 16, 2017October 19, 2022

Ubiquitous digital payments: harbinger of a glorious future, or smokescreen for powerful interests that want to control (and undermine) choice and capitalism?

a disgruntled looking french bulldog
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

Money: It Can’t Buy Love, But Can It Rent You a Best Friend?

by michelleweber March 5, 2017October 19, 2022

In Bloomberg, Patrick Clark introduces us to Dusty Wunderlich (real name), the man who’s trying to monetize man’s best friend by leasing out purebred dogs.

Posted inEditor's Pick

I’m Renting a Dog?

by michelleweber March 3, 2017October 19, 2022

Can purebreds on leases democratize credit? The Nevadan behind Wags Lending thinks so.

Posted inNonfiction

Borges and $: The Parable of the Literary Master and the Coin

by Longreads June 14, 2016May 2, 2023

Thirty years ago, the world lost a great literary mind—the Argentine writer and poet Jorge Luis Borges. Today, Elizabeth Hyde Stevens revisits the financial conditions that produced this life of pure literature, finding unexpected hope in the darkest period of Borges’ forgotten past.

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