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A Human Rights Activist Explains Why Bitcoin Is So Important to His Work
When people think about Bitcoin, they often think about neo-goldbugs who hate inflation and the Federal Reserve. But beyond the financial case for it…
6 years, 3 months ago
How Online Dating Is Reshaping the Entire Economy
By this point, everybody knows that online dating is a massive phenomenon, reshaping the social habits of the young and the single. But perhaps peopl…
6 years, 3 months ago
How Nearly Two Decades Of Fed Policy Contributed To Bubbles, Busts, And A Boom In Debt
Many people like to claim that the Federal Reserve is responsible for the high degree of leverage and speculation in the economy. But the mechanism v…
6 years, 4 months ago
How Bond Defaults Are Changing China's Markets
For years, defaults were few and far between in China's corporate bond market. Most investors thought that the Chinese government would never let com…
6 years, 4 months ago
This is How Economic Crisis and Precarity Shaped the Millennial Generation
How do Millennials view investing and spending? How do the rising costs of healthcare, education, and housing affect their economic outlook? How does…
6 years, 4 months ago
How A Former 'Magic: The Gathering' Player Became the Top Tournament Poker Player Of All Time
According to the website The Hendon Mob, the top tournament poker player of all time is the American Bryn Kenney, who has won a staggering $55.5 mill…
6 years, 4 months ago
Why The Repo Markets Went Crazy, And Why December Could Be Even Worse
Back in September, chaos erupted in short-term funding markets, as the cost for financial institutions to borrow reserves soared. Immediately a major…
6 years, 4 months ago
An Anthropologist Explains How Wall Street Culture Reshaped The Entire Economy
Where did the notion come from that the obligation of a company's management is to maximize shareholder returns, even if it means pain for workers? O…
6 years, 5 months ago
Why Taiwanese Life Insurers Are The Great 'Whodunit' Of The Financial World
You probably haven't thought much about the Taiwanese life insurance industry. Why would you have? But they're among the most fascinating entities in…
6 years, 5 months ago
Coming Soon: Travel Genius Season 2
Bloomberg's Travel Genius podcast is back! After clocking another hundred-thousand miles in the sky, hosts Nikki Ekstein and Mark Ellwood have a whol…
6 years, 5 months ago