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The Germany Shock: The Largest Economy Nobody Understands
20+ min · · How Germany Is Able To Run The World’s Second Largest Export Economy In The Post-Industrial Era “ The Germany Shock ” describes European growth & the efficiency-maximizing centralization of European… · Shared by 173, including Andres Saldarriaga, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Tom Connor, Matthias Lampe, Howard Getson, 瑞拿頭
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Why Cryptocurrency is the Next Operating System for Capitalism
4 min · · Money won’t last forever — that is guaranteed · Shared by 8, including 瑞拿頭
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You Don’t Understand Bitcoin Because You Think Money Is Real
8 min · · Bitcoin is an illusion, a mass hallucination, so one hears. It’s just numbers in cyberspace, a mirage, insubstantial as a soap bubble. Bitcoin is not backed by anything other than the faith of the… · Shared by 26, including Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Gilbert Orbe, 瑞拿頭
The New York Times
Blame Economists for the Mess We’re In
6 min · · Why did America listen to the people who thought we needed “more millionaires and more bankrupts?” · Shared by 51, including Scott McLeod, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Brett King #TheFuturists #OptimalHumanity ✈️, 瑞拿頭, Philanthropy News Digest, Stowe Boyd, Bjorn Larsen, Jonathan Kogan
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Why Everyone Missed the Most Mind-Blowing Feature of Cryptocurrency
17+ min · · There’s one incredible feature of cryptocurrencies that almost everyone seems to have missed, including Satoshi himself. · Shared by 305, including Lukas Stickelberger, Mathias Böhm, Marcos, Alain, Rhys, Michael R. Nall, Brian Tomlinson ⚡️, Manos Hatzimalonas, Chintan Shah, Malik El Bay 🕊🔰🇲🇦, Leslie D, Björn Ognibeni, Christopher Allen, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, David Smooke, Bernhard Huessy, Thomas Euler, Martin Howard, DonDahlmann, Daniel Bentes
medium.com
The Five Keys to Crypto Evolution
20+ min · · So the doomsayers were right all along. Crypto was nothing but a bubble and it finally burst. · Shared by 1, including 瑞拿頭
NPR
The 'Strange, Unduly Neglected Prophet'
6 min · · Meet Silvio Gesell, who inspired a worldwide movement to create money that expired. After nearly a century of obscurity, he's making a comeback. · Shared by 480, including Ward Plunet, Emin Gün Sirer🔺, 瑞拿頭, ahg, Frances 'Cassandra' Coppola, Matthias Lampe, Marcos
Aeon+Psyche
Economic bubbles are irrational, but we can understand them
9 min · · Market booms and busts might be irrational, but we can understand why they happen – and what to do to mitigate the damage · Shared by 58, including Katja Evertz, Thomas Power, 𝔽_un, Jonathan Kogan, Tom Connor, 瑞拿頭
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The Poorest 20% of Americans Are Richer on Average Than Most Nations of Europe
7 min · · A groundbreaking study by Just Facts has discovered that after accounting for all income, charity, and non-cash welfare benefits like subsidized housing and Food Stamps—the poorest 20% of Americans… · Shared by 8, including 瑞拿頭, Michael Arrington 🏴☠️ 🛡️
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michael crichton: why speculate?
19+ min · · THE GREAT IDEAS ONLINE July 2005 № 332 WHY SPECULATE? A talk by Michael Crichton There are two times in a man’s life when he should not speculate: when he can’t afford it and when he can. —Mark Twain… · Shared by 10, including Graham Marshall, 瑞拿頭
The Guardian
Danish bank launches world’s first negative interest rate mortgage
2 min · · Jyske Bank will effectively pay borrowers 0.5% a year to take out a loan · Shared by 44, including Antonio Vieira Santos, Charles Hoskinson, Mike Davidson, 瑞拿頭, Tom Connor, Libertas, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻
Aeon+Psyche
How ergodicity reimagines economics for the benefit of us all
5 min · · A radical concept called ergodicity at the heart of economics could change our approach to risk for the benefit of all · Shared by 83, including 瑞拿頭, Wanderer Forever, Christopher Allen, Taylor Pearson, Ryan Singer
The Week
Why are we all paying a tax to credit card companies?
10 min · · Visa and MasterCard make billions off transaction fees, effectively raising prices on everything you buy · Shared by 63, including Trey Tweets Into the Void, 瑞拿頭, Gerd Leonhard
The Wall Street Journal
The Best Financial Advice I Ever Got
16+ min · · We asked financial experts to tell us the piece of guidance that has made the biggest difference in their lives. Here’s what they had to say. · Shared by 14, including Dan Ariely, 瑞拿頭
The Guardian
Economics is a failing discipline doing great harm
3 min · · Our global economy should serve rather than dominate people – and that includes factoring in the climate crisis, too, says the author and economist Andrew Simms · Shared by 18, including Jochen Burkhard, 瑞拿頭, ❤️ Umair, Thomas Power
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Are You Prepared for a World of Banking without Bankers?
5 min · · Banks and credit unions must address what skills and jobs the future will require, and how to train, re-train and hire to stay competitive. · Shared by 20, including Jonathan Kogan, 瑞拿頭, Rachel Miller | #InfluencerMarketing