How job insecurity, student debt, health care, zoning and the housing market have compounded over decades to create a life few millennials can afford.
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Posted inBusiness & Tech, History, Nonfiction, Story
The Dead Man Fund
How the world’s worst investor fleeced clients who couldn’t complain.
Posted inArts & Culture, History, Story
Percy Ross Wants to Give You Money!
He was was a self-made, blue-collar millionaire in Reagan’s America. But when Percy Ross decided to give away his fortune, he made things simple: all you had to do was ask for it.
Posted inArts & Culture, History
Percy Ross Wants to Give You Money!
He was was a self-made, blue-collar millionaire in Reagan’s America. But when Percy Ross decided to give away his fortune, he made things simple: all you had to do was ask for it.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes
Inside the Canadian Credit Bubble, Where Too Many Canadians Live Beyond their Means
Canada’s new middle class lives paycheck to paycheck, unwilling to give up certain lifestyle choices.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes, Writing
There’s No Way Hannah Can Afford That Apartment
Over six seasons, Girls has not been even remotely realistic about the earnings of a freelance writer.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Why Should a Melon Cost as Much as a Car?
Japan’s high-end fruit market elevates produce to works of art.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
You Just Can’t Find a Good Deal in Kreuzlingen These Days
In Roads & Kingdoms, Milan Gagnon tells the stories of Kreuzlingen, Switzerland, and Konstanz, Germany — one city full of empty storefronts, and the other full of empty souls.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
I’d Gladly Pay You Tomorrow For a Hamburger Today, If Only My Debit Card Weren’t Frozen
Ubiquitous digital payments: harbinger of a glorious future, or smokescreen for powerful interests that want to control (and undermine) choice and capitalism?
Posted inEditor's Pick
In Praise of Cash
Cash might be grungy, unfashionable and corruptible, but it is still a great public good, important for rich and poor alike.