MoneyWeek

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The average UK house costs more than eight times average earnings, says Duncan Lamont of Schroders. That has only happened twice before in the last 120 years: once around the turn of the 20th century and once just before the 2007 crash. Houses were c

The Big Issue

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Last week benefits increased by 3.1 per cent. It may look good on paper but in reality it was swallowed up by surging inflation and the cost of living crisis. This stark Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) graph shows what that slight increase means: it

The Big Issue

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With a long-standing housing crisis and the rising cost of living, the Church of England has unveiled its own plans to “level up” by setting up a national housing association. The Church wants it to become a major provider of social housing. Church a

The Christian Science Monitor

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“Ages of American Capitalism" by Jonathan Levy sheds light on U.S. history as seen through a financial lens.

MoneyWeek

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Inflation in the US and the eurozone has diverged over the past year. Eurozone prices rose by 2.2% year-on-year in July, much less than the 5.4% year-on-year recorded in the US in the same month. What explains this gulf? Some economists point to diff

Metro NZ

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Metro: How did you come to direct a film version of a 700-page economic text? Justin Pemberton: I bought the book when it came out and noticed the surprise interest in it. When I read the book, it was a surprise to see that it really was an economic

Fast Company

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A shocking amount of security breaches (40%, by conservative estimates) are caused by human error, such as clicking on a phishing link. Last May, Arctic Wolf, which analyzes an estimated 1.6 trillion events weekly to help banks, hospitals, and munici

The Christian Science Monitor

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Positive views of China, Puerto Rico Many thanks for The Monitor’s View articles “In China, a great leap in corporate governance” and “Puerto Rico says ‘Come on down!’ ” in the Sept. 24 Weekly Print Edition. To read two really positive articles rela

Fast Company

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Our economic system—once heralded for ensuring customer choice, stoking job creation and upward mobility, and sparking innovation—is failing us. The U.S., the paragon of capitalism, is experiencing crushing income inequality and struggling to provide

NPR

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Discontent with capitalism is on the rise. Can it be repaired? Some billionaires say it’s time to share the wealth.

Money Magazine

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Saturday Star

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ONE of my favourite sayings is “Financial literacy, just like weight loss, isn’t dependent on one thing. It’s 20% education and 80% your action.” A year into the Covid-19 pandemic, I’m reminded of a young woman I interacted with a few months before S

Art Almanac

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T 0412–360–985. E info@privateviewart.com W www.privateviewart.comPrivate and corporate collection development and advice. Offering assistance with sourcing, framing, conserving, and investing in art, with an extensive range of specialist networks.

Foreign Policy Magazine

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Development is not an issue of the past. More than 1 billion people live in absolute poverty, literally on the brink of starvation. The gap between rich and poor is widening, within as well as among countries. —Boutros Boutros-Ghali Ironically, inequ

AQ: Australian Quarterly

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Of the many societal forces that affect us – family, community, government, technology etc. – the economic paradigm under which we live arguably has the most effect on our lives. It can make or break our employment options, it provides technological

Femina

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The bad news: Too many Indian women shy away from handling money beyond basic saving. The good news: There is now help available to enable women to make informed financial decisions. Basis, cofounded in 2019, by childhood friends Hena Mehta and Dipik

Woman's Own

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Meryl Clements, 40, is a birth coach and hypnobirthing teacher. She lives in Surrey with her husband Miles, 42, and their children, aged five and three. I can still remember opening the budgeting book my mum gave me as a Christmas present when I wa

This Week in Asia

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Is capital evil? That question is at the heart of a debate that has been simmering ever since late 2020 when the Chinese leadership first warned against the "disorderly expansion of capital", heralding waves of intense regulatory actions targeting se

MoneyWeek

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“Many in the Gen Z generation [those born after 1997] are essentially clueless about how to build up wealth over their lifetimes. A disturbingly large proportion of them have wildly unrealistic expectations ... a recent survey... by MagnifyMoney [rep

Money Magazine

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What’s it like to be a young adult these days? TV would have you believe it’s relatively simple: endless brunches and dramatic tiffs. The reality is quite different. In the wake of Covid-19, the overwhelming feeling we’re experiencing is uncertainty:

Powder

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Torrey Udall Age: 28 Hometown: Carbondale, Colorado Occupation: Director of Development and Operations for Protect Our Winters As a Colorado native with a family history of environmental activism, it was only fitting that Torrey Udall found his place

MoneyWeek

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Despite the recent market turbulence, my long tips haven’t done as badly as you might expect, with three rising and three falling. US homebuilder DR Horton fell below the stop-loss level of $88 (which means you would have automatically closed the pos

Farmer's Weekly

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Although South Africa’s unemployment rate remained unchanged at 29,1% in the fourth quarter of 2019, the expanded definition, which included people who had stopped looking for work, indicated that unemployment had actually risen to a new record level

Saturday Star

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THIS week, Statistics SA announced that consumer price index (CPI) inflation to the end of October rose to 3.3% year on year. Reza Hendrickse, portfolio manager at PPS Investments, says this is slightly higher than September but still at the lower en

Guardian Weekly

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New start needed to deal with the likes of Putin Vladimir Putin and his ilk are not the driving force in the “war on western civilisation” and democracy (Ukraine invasion, 4 March). They are mere opportunists. It is capitalism itself, or at least the

New Zealand Listener

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Tick-tock, ahem, hint-hint, I spy something that begins with … surely round about now the leaders of our coalition Government ought to be waking up in the middle of the night with the gut-wrenching realisation: “Oh my God, we forgot to reform capital

Union of Concerned Scientists

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Yesterday it was reported that the Trump administration is redoubling its efforts to undermine climate science. James Reilly, head of the US Geological Survey, reportedly instructed scientists in the office to limit projections of climate impacts to

Ford and Fordson Tractors

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Following a recent meeting held via Zoom, the FFA committee reports some encouraging news regarding the gradual return to events. It is hoped that the Newark Vintage Tractor & Heritage Show will go ahead in November and, if it does, the FFA plans to

NPR

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The staggering number of people claiming jobless benefits set a new record for the second week in a row. Much of the country has been ordered to stay at home, bringing the economy to a lurching halt.

Chicago Tribune

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For a long time, the threat of climate change caused by carbon dioxide emissions was distant and abstract. But the evidence suggests it's now an immediate reality. Globally, the last five years have been the hottest five on record. Melting ice sheets